00:00 Introduction from Smitheram | 01:00 Beginning of lecture from Dasgupta | 02:30 Discussion of the beginning of Dasgupta’s academic career in 1969 | 04:30 Discussion of the development of UPEI between 1969-1971 | 05:30 Discussion of faculty involvement in university affairs | 06:30 Discussion of the merger between St. Dunstan’s and Prince of Wales | 08:30 Discussion of changes to UPEI between 1969-1975 | 09:30 Discussion of the Goals and Objectives committee in 1975 | 10:00 Discussion of the reception of the report from the Goals and Objectives committee | 10:30 Discussion of other reports on reorganising the structure of UPEI; one from the Academic Planning council | 11:30 Discussion of the presidential report on the structure of UPEI | 12:00 Discussion of the relative inaction in relation to the reports; faculty insecurity from the findings in the reports | 15:00 Discussion of ameliorating the insecurity among the faculty in relation to the reports | 16:00 Beginning of lecture from Baker | 17:00 Discussion of the nature of faculty meetings | 18:00 Discussion of the book “Microcosmographia Academia” | 19:00 Discussion of the relative inexperience of the early UPEI faculty | 20:00 Discussion of factionalism among the UPEI faculty | 21:00 Discussion of the lack of change common to universities | 22:00 Discussion of the improvements to university politics during the 20th century | 24:00 Discussion of the benefits to the lack of change common to universities | 25:00 Discussion of the effects of age on university faculty | 28:00 Discussion of ambition among university faculty; discussion of what a coherent plan for academic reform would look like | 30:00 Discussion of the argument for doing something as opposed to doing nothing | 33:00 Discussion of character traits common to university faculty | 34:00 Question period begins; question regarding faculty insecurity | 35:00 Discussion of faculty focussing on quality over quantity as a benefit of UPEI’s size | 37:00 Question regarding the extent to which universities have autonomy, effects of outside pressure to change | 44:00 Comment on the quick rate at which the Faculty of Arts developed its program | 50:00 Question regarding the structure of universities with regards to faculty; faculty insecurity | 58:30 Comment that universities behave the same regardless of structure; effects of capitalism on universities; discussion of universities in socialist nations | 1:05:00 Comment on the “microfeatures” of the faculty at UPEI; discussion of factionalism | 1:10:00 Lengthy comment on the nature of the faculty at UPEI; discussion of the Goals and Objectives committee | 1:15:00 Comment on committees that produce reports that do not advocate for meaningful change | 1:20:00 Comment on the difference between reports and policies | 1:25:00 Comment regarding mechanisms for producing reports and implementing changes | 1:27:00 Comment on committees, semi-facetious remark about a “natural selection committee”; discussion of evolutionary theory as analogous to academia | 1:30:00 Comment on the UPEI senate as an ‘ad hoc’ committee; comparison of university structures to athletics, namely hockey and soccer | 1:39:00 Conclusion
