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Pray-Harrold in Exile begins….

sitedad — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:09:43 +0000

The beginning of the school year is always hectic, and this year, I think it’s fair to say that the remodeling of Pray-Harrold (not to mention the ongoing work in Mark-Jefferson) makes it extra-crispy chaotic. Thus the Pray-Harrold exile kicks in at full speed.

Believe it or not, I’m planning to do a scholarly [...]

“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 [...]

Emus lose opener in an “electrical” event

sitedad — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:22:32 +0000

I wasn’t able to attend last night’s EMU vs. Army football game, which is a shame since it is the only home night game on the schedule, and the night games can be kind of fun. But a loyal EMUTalk.org reader did go and I was happy to receive the following report:

“Eastern Michigan [...]

“Texas A&M System Will Rate Professors Based on Their Bottom-Line Value”

sitedad — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:33:34 +0000

Here’s an idea that makes the proposal the administration floated in contract negotiations about tying faculty raises to enrollments and state funding seem positively quaint: From The Chronicle, “Texas A&M System Will Rate Professors Based on Their Bottom-Line Value.” A quote:

Under the proposal, officials will add the money generated by each professor and [...]

“Shifting the Health Costs Burden”

sitedad — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:47:36 +0000

A loyal EMUTalk.org reader passed along to me a couple of links (one of which is embedded in the quote below) from the New York Times about shifting the costs of health care from the employer to the employee. The editorial “Shifting the Health Costs Burden” states the problem pretty bluntly:

The latest annual [...]

“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 [...]

“It’s hard for me to say I’m sorry…”

sitedad — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:12:21 +0000

Here’s the latest quote about Ron English’s foot-in-mouth about single mothers, from “clickondetroit” channel 4, “EMU Coach Defends His Words About Single Moms.” Here’s a quote:

Eastern Michigan University’s head football coach Ron English said he wasn’t attacking single moms.Earlier this summer, English said he wants recruits that have fathers in their background [...]

Is anyone else’s EMU Email wonky right now?

sitedad — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:35:16 +0000

Maybe it’s just me, but my EmuMail (aka Eaglemail) is working a little weird for me right now. It says I’ve got 23 unread messages in my inbox (I see none) and that I have 311 draft messages (waa???) Anyone else getting anything odd like that?

As far as I can tell the [...]

Last thoughts on not striking/the latest contract

sitedad — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:30:42 +0000

Slight update #2: Here’s a link to the Annarbor.com wrap-up article, one that I don’t think is quite right, but….

A slight update: I’ve cut and pasted EMU-AAUP President Susan Moeller’s email to faculty below after the “read more” part. Note that the two links in her email take you to PDF files.

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