That sounds great. Open access is important. Researchers having the ability to publish is really important, also. I often hear that accounting researchers have a hard time publishing. I find it baffling when people who do research struggle to get it published as so many individuals depend on new concepts generated from the research. Why keep the faucet cranked down so tightly on how much gets published? University professors desperately need to publish to develop their careers within their universities. Why not allow more articles, in general, to be published in the journals? It is confusing. Is it just old school thought that it has always been hard to get published in accounting journals, so it must continue to be very difficult?
The open access idea is food for thought. As consumers of articles, we might not get to use the type of material we need in our research of published papers. However, money to operate the journals needs to be raised, so everything cannot be free.
I hope your project goes well!

Yeah, I think the mid-semester check-in would be definitely valuable. or even better after 4 weeks of class for instance, so that if needed adjustments could be made

I agree with you! Two purposes of the university or higher education are teaching and researching.

It is discouraging, Sara, when you feel that your values and energies are not appreciated within a culture – particularly in a workplace. It feels so much more like a ‘job’ than a vocation, right?
I will still argue that there is no such thing as multi-tasking, and there is scientific evidence to support that our brains are not capable of attending to two ‘things’ at one time. What we’re doing is switching back and forth from one to the other, not holding them in the same space/time. But, there is definitely a benefit to be able to manage (juggle) multiple projects and priorities within a given span of time. And that is possible, so long as one doesn’t’ try to multi-task (which is impossible) rather than plan their time effectively and maintain a manageable portfolio of priorities that can be attended to in succession throughout a day, week, month, year, etc.
I’m not sure if you are a parent, or intend to be, but I will warn you that it becomes increasingly difficult to juggle when you bring a child into the world and try to continue working at the pace you did prior to becoming one.
Perhaps you’ll be part of the ‘next generation’ of women who work ‘smart’ and not ‘hard’, and who is well-educated enough to know the difference between multi-tasking (which is impossible) and effectively managing one’s time.
Keep me posted!