College Jobs, Never Easy, Have Become Pressure Cookers.

UNIVERSITY & college employees; WORK environment; TIME management; UNIVERSITY & college finance; ACADEMIC tenure; FINANCIAL aid

The article discusses pressures related to time, workload, and budget shortfalls in academic jobs. It profiles several academic workers including W. Kent Barnds, vice president for enrollment, communication, and planning at Augustana College and Kathryn A. Conrad, associate professor of English at the University of Kansas. Topics include tenure, administrative work, financial aid, athletics, and government funding for higher education.