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I thought this was pretty interesting: There was a discussion in my department recently about a policy restricting the use of laptop computers; Lord only knows what some of my colleagues would think of adding Twitter to a class discussion. But I have to say I found this pretty persuasive, and it rings home with [...] Kind of an interesting little piece in the CHE: “Sartorial Study Suggests Professors Should Wear What They Want.” A quote from the beginning of the piece: How academics dress for a lecture doesn’t affect how students perceive them — at least in the long run. That was the conclusion of a study at North Hennepin [...] Ugh, what a snarky and badly-written article on the Detroit Freep web site, “Why don’t colleges cut costs? Part of it is a [...] From the most recent CHE: “Lawyers’ Advice to Colleges About Internet Gossip: Educate, Don’t Regulate.” With the proliferation of Internet sites for personal expression, colleges have become entangled in numerous high-profile scandals in recent years after students or faculty members have posted mean-spirited rumors or salacious photos online. But the way to curb that trend is [...] (With three slight updates on June 25– see below): Susan Moeller sent around an email yesterday about a rather strange development coming out of the Board of Regents from their recent meeting; she wrote: It was a very sad day today at Eastern Michigan University. For the first time in our history, the Board of Regents [...] I just got an email from “Office of the President,” and what OotP (aka Susan Martin) is discussing is various budgeting issues. Not a lot of details about how we’re going to make our way through this year, and almost nothing about next year, but there was this little nugget: Despite the uncertain state funding, [...] Sitedad has returned from a previously undisclosed trip to California– the University of California at Davis to be precise so that I could attend the annual Computers and Writing Conference. A good time was had for one and all. Davis itself is a lovely college town just outside of Sacramento; it reminded me [...] There was an article in the Chronicle of Higher Ed the other day about the AAUP with an EMU connection: “AAUP Says It’s Rebounding, Though Challenges Remain” includes mention of EMU’s own Howard Bunsis, who is now the National Treasurer. Here’s a quote featuring him: Howard J. Bunsis, the group’s secretary-treasurer and a professor [...] Alert EMUTalk.org reader/Ypsi Food Co-Op guy/Solar power enthusiast Dave Stenski sent me the following the other day: I wanted to make your blog aware of a local solar power project that is getting a lot of help from EMU professor William Sverdlik and student Nik Estep . You can see the webpage at SolarYpsi.com and watch [...] Kind of an interesting little news item about former EMU interim president Craig Willis: “Interim president named for Kansas Wesleyan.” I guess he’s kind of an interim president specialist now, huh? |
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