tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post636734957391791627..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Administrative logicUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-28001662850441028662011-07-23T16:01:32.083-04:002011-07-23T16:01:32.083-04:00I have a t-shirt, picked up from a LinuxWorld conf...I have a t-shirt, picked up from a LinuxWorld conference, that reads "Taking the SH out of IT." Unfortunately, our IT department has historically pounded as much SH into their plan as possible. You are slack-jawed at being told to take the lab out of a language course? How about an IT department that (without any prior warning to the faculty) set all the lab PC so that no one could Granny Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12940725767632022899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-53884652295225331362011-07-23T14:38:37.168-04:002011-07-23T14:38:37.168-04:00Die, IT! Die, die, die!Die, IT! Die, die, die!Ovreductdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13961540854552566493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-33617846571719882822011-07-23T10:44:17.249-04:002011-07-23T10:44:17.249-04:00Because my university believes that it owns all of...Because my university believes that it owns all of the information that is put on faculty computers, I don't use the computers they give to me for anything other than installing operating systems that annoy them. This has required me to pay for my own computers and web-hosting service (which would be hard for an adjunct), but I get to laugh at the shit other faculty put up with from IT morons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31069994234122379152011-07-23T10:33:29.898-04:002011-07-23T10:33:29.898-04:00IT flakes at my 3rd rate public university decided...IT flakes at my 3rd rate public university decided to pay millions of dollars for thumb-twiddling software with the claim that it would be supported. When I couldn't twiddle my thumbs with the software, I was told that IT flakes didn't have the time or resources to provide support for the Linux version. It took a month for me to solve the problem myself. I sent a message to the IT Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-85614547149835198372011-07-22T18:07:10.368-04:002011-07-22T18:07:10.368-04:00@Ekaterina,
Yes, I did get a course outline. It ma...@Ekaterina,<br />Yes, I did get a course outline. It mandates "lab time," but not how the lab should be used. We could go and dance a jig around the dying computers for 90 minutes, and fulfill the "lab time." It was suggested that I assess my students' speaking skills individually during lab time and office hours, rather than having them record their responses. And if I schnitzelbankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16353695238159527112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-19982014046923320972011-07-22T16:26:07.227-04:002011-07-22T16:26:07.227-04:00I screwed up; they're actually Epson printers ...I screwed up; they're actually Epson printers not "Epsom" printers....hit `em over the head with a Commodore 64 instead.Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-13238869153734089172011-07-22T09:15:50.322-04:002011-07-22T09:15:50.322-04:00Stupid autocorrect. ITS, not IT'S.Stupid autocorrect. ITS, not IT'S.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01968887834295143047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-59628917158476957872011-07-22T09:15:01.891-04:002011-07-22T09:15:01.891-04:00On our campus IT'S stands for intermittent tec...On our campus IT'S stands for intermittent technology services. I've been told that I can no longer use our work study budget to pay students to do basket weaving research during the academic year or summer because it is not fair to faculty in other departments. I have tenure though, so I'm not going to stop.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01968887834295143047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-84704823601853078652011-07-22T07:17:20.927-04:002011-07-22T07:17:20.927-04:00"Is anyone else plagued by administrative dec..."Is anyone else plagued by administrative decisions and policies that make absolutely no sense?"<br /><br />Of course. We all are. Administrators are like the punchline of that old saw about <a href="http://www.aesopfables.com/cgi/aesop1.cgi?4&TheScorpionandtheFrog" rel="nofollow"> the scorpion and the frog.</a><br /><br />They can't help it. They're scorpions. It's Rosencrantz Andor Guildensternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095512139776536635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-61680048248181565182011-07-22T06:37:01.236-04:002011-07-22T06:37:01.236-04:00In terms of academic IT support and policy, there&...In terms of academic IT support and policy, there's only one summary phrase needed:<br /><br />DIE IT, DIE!Dr Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10444414777736734711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-52605522920705004302011-07-22T06:01:25.596-04:002011-07-22T06:01:25.596-04:00@Frankity
That's just beyond stupid. You have ...@Frankity<br />That's just beyond stupid. You have my authority to crucify the stupidest admin to ugliest bit of outdoor art on campus; remember to use those six inch cement nails or he/she/it will get loose. Either that or club `em to death with one of those old Epsom three foot dot matrix printers....examples must be made.Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-20872954180664248012011-07-22T04:20:56.853-04:002011-07-22T04:20:56.853-04:00Our university will NOT let us buy a laptop with r...Our university will NOT let us buy a laptop with research funds - not even if the funds are from a general research budget that has no designated use, apart from being a perk for outstanding performance. We can however RENT a laptop, even if its costs more to rent than buy.Dream-Killerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10899352252923649504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-46652547792864771512011-07-22T03:05:16.628-04:002011-07-22T03:05:16.628-04:00Yes, AdjunctSlave, to "administrative logic.&...Yes, AdjunctSlave, to "administrative logic." Why didn't I think of that?<br /><br />All I can say to Granny Geek and Frankity is: [slack-jawed stare, slight head shake]. <br /><br />No, there's more. Frankity, how can your chair suggest cutting out the lab component to a language class? Didn't the college hand you an official course outline that you have to follow, with Eskarinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14854383335265386899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-72445207729954652382011-07-21T17:01:34.023-04:002011-07-21T17:01:34.023-04:00Yes. At one school, I was the only one without a p...Yes. At one school, I was the only one without a printer in my office. For five years, I've offered to bring in one from home, and even supply my own ink and paper. But no, I can't. The system is locked down. Only an IT goon can install the printer driver, and that's simply "not possible" to do on "personal property." I've asked if I could purchase a printer schnitzelbankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16353695238159527112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-84552212286959050032011-07-21T16:56:55.473-04:002011-07-21T16:56:55.473-04:00"Administrative logic" reminds me of the..."Administrative logic" reminds me of the old joke about "military intelligence."AdjunctSlavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17025851491072402087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-57251814413702112672011-07-21T16:29:55.586-04:002011-07-21T16:29:55.586-04:00If you broke the clunker down into parts, you coul...If you broke the clunker down into parts, you could sneak it off campus and the IT morons would be none the wiser....their "anti-desktop theft" rule has to be at least 15 years old, back when the desk machines were more common than the laptops and far more powerful. A TRaSh-80 model I is beyond the ken of your IT people.Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.com