I do not care about:
Upholding the “highest academic standards” in the face of grade inflation.
Whether English majors are required to take a class on Major Writer A or Underrepresented Group B.
How to integrate more active learning into my classes.
Improving graduation rates.
The precise wording of Section 12, subsection B stroke 2 of the university’s policies.
Whether our next hire is in Critical Area #1, Critical Area #2 or Emerging But Soon To Be Critical Area #3.
Recruiting new students to the major.
Encouraging alumni to donate to the university’s endowment.
Whether there are sausages at the end of the semester departmental brunch.
Assessment.
The longevity, financial stability, or national reputation of the university at which I work.
I could really care less.
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April 22, 2008 at 12:33 pm
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April 26, 2008 at 1:50 pm
profacero
Precisely. Although in my case I do care about recruiting new students – not necessarily to the major, that doesn’t affect me, but to senior level courses, no matter what major they’re in, so we can have more such courses and have more fun.
April 28, 2008 at 11:12 am
rhapsodysinger
As yet, where I teach, such madness has not caught up in the government colleges. But grade inflation seems to be a global thing — our higher ups insist that we pass every idiot…last sem I failed more than five and that sort of ticked off people. What one has to do to buy peace!