{"id":46695,"date":"2026-03-13T23:55:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T23:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=46695"},"modified":"2026-03-13T23:55:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T23:55:36","slug":"lead-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=46695","title":{"rendered":"Lead Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Herein, one of the more frustrating aspects of academic administration that nobody tells you about until you\u2019re in it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Let\u2019s consider a change to the schedule.<\/li>\n<li>Yes! We won\u2019t get different results until we do something different.<\/li>\n<li>How about [outlines proposed change]?<\/li>\n<li>That could make a real difference. Let\u2019s put together a working group to do some background research and develop a proposal.<\/li>\n<li>Great! How much time do you think they\u2019ll need?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Probably a few months to do the research, then allow some time for the campus to digest and debate the idea.<\/li>\n<li>Sounds right.<\/li>\n<li>Of course, we have to allow for the summer.<\/li>\n<li>True.<\/li>\n<li>And exam period.<\/li>\n<li>Yeah.<\/li>\n<li>And the run-up to exams.<\/li>\n<li>Uh-huh.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>So they might get something done in the fall.<\/li>\n<li>Okay, that\u2019s not terrible.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Then allow some time for discussion.<\/li>\n<li>Yeah\u00a0\u2026<\/li>\n<li>That could take several months or more, depending on how it\u2019s received.<\/li>\n<li>So that means next spring\u00a0\u2026 <\/li>\n<li>Yeah, but we have to have the \u201927\u2013\u201928 schedule in the system by January so registration can start in March. We probably won\u2019t have consensus by then. We\u2019d have to wait until the following year.<\/li>\n<li>So if we follow the process, the earliest we could see a change would be fall of \u201928?<\/li>\n<li>Looks that way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>That\u2019s two and a half years from now.<\/li>\n<li>Yup.<\/li>\n<li>That\u2019s not exactly \u201cnimble.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>And don\u2019t forget the next faculty contract cycle that starts in fall of \u201927. We\u2019d need to ensure that the change is built into that.<\/li>\n<li>Before we\u2019ve actually committed to the change?<\/li>\n<li>I guess so, yeah.<\/li>\n<li>So we\u2019ll have to negotiate for something while still debating whether it will actually happen?<\/li>\n<li>Yeah.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>And if the negotiation isn\u2019t smooth?<\/li>\n<li>That could push it back another several years.<\/li>\n<li>Seriously?<\/li>\n<li>Yup.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>During which time we would continue to get the unsatisfying results we\u2019re getting now?\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Pretty much.<\/li>\n<li>(facepalm)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Even after years of doing this work, I\u2019m consistently surprised by the number of \u201cyou should have already\u00a0\u2026\u201d barriers to doing something new. <\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever wondered why admins sometimes cut procedural corners, try not cutting any and see what doesn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Herein, one of the more frustrating aspects of academic administration that nobody tells you about until you\u2019re in it. Let\u2019s consider a change to the schedule. Yes! We won\u2019t get different results until we do something different. How about [outlines proposed change]? That could make a real difference. Let\u2019s put together a working group to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[1660,286],"class_list":{"0":"post-46695","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-education","8":"tag-lead","9":"tag-time"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}