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“Why Teaching is not Priority No. 1″

sitedad — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:45:08 +0000

I was going to post this yesterday, though I got pretty busy then getting ready for teaching today, going to (at least part of) the CAS meeting, etc., etc., but it seems like a good post for the first day of the school year. From The Chronicle of Higher Education, “Why Teaching is Not [...]

I suspect the IT Labor Day picnic has been disrupted

sitedad — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:59:08 +0000

September 6 Update: The latest sent around by Walter Kraft on this:

As we reported yesterday, an investigation is underway into a breach of security in an EMU server that controls my.emich passwords and Banner Self-Service PIN codes for students and employees. The area that was compromised did not contain social security numbers or [...]

“EMU won’t permit medical marijuana on campus”

sitedad — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:17:14 +0000

This in the EMU Echo (though I found it via annarbor.com): “Eastern prohibits medical marijuana.” Here’s a quote:

According to Greg O’Dell, the police chief at EMU, marijuana is prohibited on campus for any reason, including medicinal uses.

Associate Director of University Housing Brian Fitzgerald said though there were meetings in place discussing the [...]

“The Complete Guide to Saving Money on Textbooks”

sitedad — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:30:53 +0000

I’m not sure how many EMUTalk.org readers are students (I sense more faculty, staff, and administrators around here), nor am I vetting the accuracy of these ideas, but Lifehacker is one of my favorite blogs, and this advice in “The Complete Guide to Saving Money on Textbooks” seems useful to me.

This seems like a very bad idea….

sitedad — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:20:27 +0000

From AnnArbor.com from a few days ago, “University of Michigan students can now gamble on their grades online.” Basically, it’s a program from a web site called Ultrinsic that enables bets on grades. Here’s a paragraph from the annabor.com piece:

Ultrinsic CEO Steven Wolf, 27, said for students to earn cash, they have to [...]

“To Help Every Client Who Walks Through The Door”

sitedad — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:08:37 +0000

I know the case of Julea Ward is kind of old news around here, but it still comes up a lot in my Google News feed about EMU. Here’s a blog post that was on the American Counseling Association web site (which lends a certain credibility to what’s being said here) titled “To Help [...]

Are college students shifting to the Mac?

sitedad — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:48:34 +0000

This is a bit of a tangent I suppose, though it might be interesting here, especially for the “IT” inclined. According to this AP article that is about downgrading Microsoft stock, Apple is taking a heavy bite out of the traditional dominance of Windows. Here’s the relevant quote for here, with the line about [...]

“Lines on Plagiarism Blur for Students in the Digital Age”

sitedad — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:36:46 +0000

This is an article that has been discussed on some of the electronic mailing lists I follow, and it was also sent to me by a loyal EMUTalk.org reader, I presume because this person thought it would be good to post here. From yesterday’s New York Times, “Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital [...]

EMU student’s lawsuit dismissed

sitedad — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:15:31 +0000

Remember the MA student who refused to counsel homosexual clients because of her religious views and who was asked to leave, the one who turned around and sued EMU? As reported in the Detroit News (and repeated in Annarbor.com), “EMU student’s lawsuit dismissed.” Here’s kind of a long quote from a short article that [...]

“Texas A&M Can’t Spare a Square”

sitedad — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:21:08 +0000

This seems like a stupid way to save money to me: from Inside HigherEd, “Texas A&M Can’t Spare a Square.” Here’s a quote:

It’s no surprise that universities have been eliminating extras in order to tighten budgets, but getting rid of toilet paper might really stink. Texas A&M University, which is trying to cut [...]