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As reported in tonight’s Ann Arbor News, “1% hike in state aid for colleges” will mean about $800,000 more than expected to EMU from the state. Certainly that’s good news. Will this mean any restoration to the beyond the bones budget cuts inflicted on academic departments? I’m not holding my breath. Update: Just today, [...] EMU-AAUP President Howard Bunsis sent around an email today that covered a number of issues, including some info about the search for a new president at EMU. Here’s part of what he wrote: In other news, here is an update on the presidential search: The AAUP representative on the committee, Jim Carroll of Physics, reports [...] I came across an interesting article in Inside Higher Ed just now, “Well, if They’re Already Using It ….,” which is one in a series of articles about the Educause conference that was going on last weekend. Basically, the article is about what to do about students who come into college with well-established habits in [...] I have a question. How come ICT gets to go against university policy (which is wrong IMO) on domain names, viz printing.emich.edu and labstat.emich.edu, while my department grovels and uses the stupid emich.edu/compsci? What is up with this? (see post http://emutalk.org/?p=592) I had already heard this, but it deserves recognition here: “EMU Honors College wins $1.1 million grant.” According to the article, “The grant will establish a Scholars Program at EMU as part of the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program, which was created to help increase the number of low-income, first-generation college students attaining doctoral [...] I was at a function last night (a couple, actually– it was the Saturday before Halloween, after all), and a friend asked “Hey, has there been anything on EMUTalk about the whole thing where if you wear an old EMU Huron shirt you get a discount on getting into football games?” What are you [...] There is an article about one of my favorite professors at Eastern, Cara Shillington in Biology. She is trying her noble best to dispel the bad press that spiders receive, especially during these Halloween days. “Spider woman: Halloween anti-arachnid bias bugs biology teacher” Halloween inspires boo-hoos in Cara Shillington, 39, an associate professor of biology at Eastern Michigan University. It’s [...] We now have a search firm, says the Ann Arbor News. The rolling search process, which leads to arbitrary decisions, and the now many times hyped “non-traditional candidate” (or, in other words, a candidate with potentially no higher education experience) does not bode well for a credible process. From http://printing.emich.edu/ - Beginning in the Winer 2008 semester, ICT will implement a print cost recovery system. All registered students will receive an allotment of 400 black and white prints. Pages printed beyond the initial allotment will be charged to the student’s account at $0.05 per page. To print beyond the initial allotment, students must [...] There is now another interview with a juror available. This one is very detailed: “Juror talks about Laura Dickinson trial“ |
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