tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post7010393950861201162..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: "Shared Governance." A Big Thirsty from Three Sigma.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-19696533878576958582016-10-30T09:22:33.495-04:002016-10-30T09:22:33.495-04:00It's just that the adminibuzzards are diphthit...It's just that the adminibuzzards are diphthits.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-2076462977419006222016-10-29T14:34:38.843-04:002016-10-29T14:34:38.843-04:00Why are there marijuana leaves in the background?
...Why are there marijuana leaves in the background?<br />Eric Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00843385029998374248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-49296903870600327302016-10-28T20:57:15.246-04:002016-10-28T20:57:15.246-04:00At my joint, "shared" governance is more...At my joint, "shared" governance is more usually pronounced as "shed" or "shred", as that seems to be our current direction.<br /><br />Maybe adminibuzzard beaks can't deal with diphthongs?EC1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13414931249618049097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-81885597703552699902016-10-28T09:37:37.499-04:002016-10-28T09:37:37.499-04:00Altneratively, it would be interesting to see what...Altneratively, it would be interesting to see what happened if legislators, employers, parents, governing boards, etc. left us alone for a decade or so, leaving the faculty, administrators, and students to talk about what we each/all want out of a university, to take some steps toward creating that. While I suspect some administrators (and a few professors) would be lost without outside metrics/Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-81199191374580992972016-10-27T22:06:29.581-04:002016-10-27T22:06:29.581-04:00Save your ammo? Why? I'd suggest going onlin...Save your ammo? Why? I'd suggest going online and stock up. Then take back your campus.<br />Bigengineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03601652410895080191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-48360353297465096142016-10-27T17:45:31.367-04:002016-10-27T17:45:31.367-04:00The structural issues are real. Administrators ar...The structural issues are real. Administrators are facing multiple mandates, incentives (some of them perverse), metrics, etc., etc. many of them arising from good intentions (with most of the others arising from the profit motive and/or a desire to save money), but we all know about the paving of the road to hell. Add to that the fact that most administrators are trying to serve all too many Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-89145116725799256692016-10-27T17:28:31.063-04:002016-10-27T17:28:31.063-04:00It's now brown(ish) for me, too. I can't ...It's now brown(ish) for me, too. I can't remember what it was this morning, but green sounds plausible. I like the way the current color kinda sorta matches several of the colors in the background, but doesn't exactly match any of them. Very much in keeping with the traditions of the page. <br /><br />I also appreciate the preview of autumn leaves in the background. We aren't Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-64551882783678698652016-10-27T16:52:57.591-04:002016-10-27T16:52:57.591-04:00Heh. Why care about student learning when you can...Heh. Why care about student learning when you can care about student *success*??Ego in Arcadianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-46509533151550427252016-10-27T15:45:21.779-04:002016-10-27T15:45:21.779-04:00It's like the dress that looks like different ...It's like the dress that looks like different colors to different people.Three Sigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10822893039310439770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-78703413472580183922016-10-27T15:09:01.818-04:002016-10-27T15:09:01.818-04:00Sorry to go off topic...
HOLY SHIT. As I was read...Sorry to go off topic...<br /><br />HOLY SHIT. As I was reading the page, the email icon on the left went from green to some kind of autumny brown. Did I do it? Did the seasons change? Is it Daylight Standard Time? Or am I have a stroke?Eating Low Saltnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-42773172832382900542016-10-27T13:43:10.835-04:002016-10-27T13:43:10.835-04:00Concern with student learning is seen as a peculia...Concern with student learning is seen as a peculiar obsession of the professoriate, or worse, a manifestation of <a href="http://disq.us/p/1d2an0q" rel="nofollow">professorial arrogance</a>. No one above department chair cares about it. I'd love to be wrong about this, but I've encountered approximately one exception in my career. <br /><br />In fairness to administrators (I'm Frankiehttp://frankiebow.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-55551545767206505752016-10-27T12:49:02.682-04:002016-10-27T12:49:02.682-04:00Well, Chico State ain't exactly Harvard. One r...Well, Chico State ain't exactly Harvard. One reason I take an interest in that case is that one of the parties involved is such a dishonest, destructive little slug. Schadenfreude may not be nice, but it feels SO out of sight when it's SO richly deserved.Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-29556094040818861512016-10-27T10:28:24.021-04:002016-10-27T10:28:24.021-04:00AAUP? IHE? CHE?
Seriously, I would get in touch ...AAUP? IHE? CHE? <br /><br />Seriously, I would get in touch with the AAUP (via your local chapter if you have an active one; via the national office if not). Then, yes, some combination of following whatever formal grievance procedure is available (always go through channels first, or at least concurrently) plus trying to attract the attention of the press (via anything from an old-fashioned Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-80551179096612726432016-10-27T10:12:11.662-04:002016-10-27T10:12:11.662-04:00I'm not sure the local papers know of our exis...I'm not sure the local papers know of our existence, let along care about how curricular changes are made...Three Sigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10822893039310439770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-37755315623209290272016-10-27T10:11:09.835-04:002016-10-27T10:11:09.835-04:00We're discussing this. One problem is that fe...We're discussing this. One problem is that few faculty wanted the change, and seem not at all aggrieved that the change was made in this way.<br /><br />Another is that we know there are more fights coming down the pike.. do we save our ammunition?Three Sigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10822893039310439770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-67402826331667200402016-10-27T10:07:12.365-04:002016-10-27T10:07:12.365-04:00Oops, typo. I didn't mean they'd institute...Oops, typo. I didn't mean they'd institute the Chang, whoever he is. I'm sure the Chang is a very nice person who is totally ok without becoming an institute. Three Sigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10822893039310439770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-37662226521677539522016-10-27T03:26:57.858-04:002016-10-27T03:26:57.858-04:00We have one newspaper in my state that always high...We have one newspaper in my state that always highlights this sort of hypocrisy in higher ed administration. For the really big stories, the more mainstream papers often pick it up, too. Try to get this public exposure. I'd love to see the administration embarrassed by their duplicity, at the very least. <br /><br />The college senate could also contact your accrediting body directly and Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15686242633678466958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-57758879120050135462016-10-27T01:09:55.207-04:002016-10-27T01:09:55.207-04:00Your faculty senate should officially pass a vote ...Your faculty senate should officially pass a vote of no confidence for all the top-level adminibuzzards involved, as well as the Board of Trustees. That'll show THEM!<br /><br />This may seem a really futile and stupid gesture, but the faculty senate are just the folks to do it. Of course, it's not binding in any way whatsoever, but go ahead and do it anyway. People do notice this sort ofFroderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.com