Still processing what happened at Virginia Tech
For some reason, I wasn’t really hit by the murders at Virginia Tech until Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Students, faculty, staff, administrators, and parents around the country are realizing that we don’t have walls around most campuses, and we tend to trust the people who are walking around campus. In the middle of rural […]
New podcast for Accountability Frankenstein
New podcast (finally!) at Accountability Frankenstein. It’s about 4 minutes long (what will be close to the average length), and it has a trivia contest. Go, listen! You might win a copy of the book if you can answer the question correctly!
Liviu Librescu
Margaret Soltan pointed out that several of those killed at Virginia Tech were faculty, including mechanical engineering professor Liviu Librescu. In this day of Facebook and university webpages, those cut down at Virginia Tech have an instant memorial. A survivor of the Holocaust and with more honors than most faculty can hope for, Librescu was still teaching at […]
I’m a serial blogger!
In the mail today, I received back the ISSN application form for the blog. That’s right: Bloggers can download the International Standard Serial Number application form, fill it out, and send it in. From now on, you’ll seen the ISSN in the left navigation scroll: 1936-6701.
When is suspending a faculty member appropriate?
This morning’s IHE story about Michael D’Andrea’s paid suspension from the University of Hawaii Manoa (UHM) and ban from contacting colleagues raises tricky questions about the definition of discipline at a university and the appropriate treatment of faculty under investigation. From the apparent context of the case, it’s clear that UHM is in the middle of attempting […]