Do you know where your faculty are today?

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In traditional universities we make much of the one-on-one personal attention that justifies our high tuitions.  But we all know the truth: faculty, especially senior faculty,  are often nowhere to be found.

Are they off doing high powered research?  Well... maybe.

My opinion: faculty, no less than staff, should be expected to be in their offices and available during regular working hours.  

Yahoo by analogy seems to agree:

http://articles.latimes.com/2013/feb/26/business/la-fi-yahoo-telecommuting-20130226



http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/04/19/marissa-mayer-telecommuting/