tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post5157067605425414328..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Why So Many Students Are Failing to Gain Job Skills Before GraduationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-62509000190093740552015-02-03T17:37:28.282-05:002015-02-03T17:37:28.282-05:00PK, that's truly awful. :-( I'm guessing d...PK, that's truly awful. :-( I'm guessing declining state support has made your institution more tuition-dependent, and your provost will do anything to keep the customers from leaving? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15711314415244801354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-25289701341950710852015-02-03T14:31:59.934-05:002015-02-03T14:31:59.934-05:00You shouldn't need tenure to be able to do you...You shouldn't need tenure to be able to do your job.Emergency Mathematical Hologramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873569623797587860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-44899609642535784962015-02-02T10:11:25.426-05:002015-02-02T10:11:25.426-05:00Frankie, not necessarily; it depends on what kind ...Frankie, not necessarily; it depends on what kind of administrators you have. Did you read my post above? I'm tenured at a land-grant R1, and if I gave my students the grades they earn, two things would happen: no more than about 50% of a typical intro class would pass, and my student eval ratings would be even worse than they are already. That's enough for my dept head to give me a low Peter Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754472537710161295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-52815698824920565462015-02-01T23:22:24.667-05:002015-02-01T23:22:24.667-05:00That's something tenure buys you: the ability ...That's something tenure buys you: the ability to record the grades that students actually earn. And the students who put in the work, as well as the employers who eventually hire your program's graduates, appreciate it. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15711314415244801354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-57265465448016817382015-02-01T19:55:43.076-05:002015-02-01T19:55:43.076-05:00Blogger just ate my comment; tl;dr version: I'...Blogger just ate my comment; tl;dr version: I'm seeing very similar patterns in a 200-level lit class (maybe 75% response rate on easy-A pre-tests worth 30% of final grade. I don't think I'm going to have to worry about grade inflation). Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-4773986550378870442015-02-01T19:32:18.137-05:002015-02-01T19:32:18.137-05:00I know the feeling. I'm teaching two UG classe...I know the feeling. I'm teaching two UG classes this term (one soph-level, one for seniors-grad students). Attendance and turning in HW have been running at 75% on both. A few days ago I sent them a clearly worded email to the effect that I'm taking attendance, and that students who don't come to every lecture and do homework are highly unlikely to "succeed" in the class (Peter Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754472537710161295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-47660727430706845912015-02-01T16:17:08.249-05:002015-02-01T16:17:08.249-05:00One of the problems is that what one learns while ...One of the problems is that what one learns while studying for a degree often has little to do with the job one is hired to do.<br /><br />When I finished my B. Sc. in the late 1970s, I went to work for a large oil company. I, quite foolishly, was under the impression that I was hired because of what I had studied, namely mechanical engineering. Instead, the reality was that my degree was Quarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.com