New iPhone Apps for Student-Weary Tenured Professors: Paper Grading Postponer
Posted on Friday, November 6th 2009
Tags: ap, app, grades, grading, iphone, lazy, paper, professors, tenure
Tags: ap, app, grades, grading, iphone, lazy, paper, professors, tenure
Graduate students at the Galveston Institute of Technology (GIT) are close to completing a helpful new iPhone app for tenured professors who prefer not to interface meaningfully with students. Projected for release next month: Paper Grading Postponer Hate the tedious task of grading papers? No problem. Just enable this app and your calendar will automatically [...]
Student Services Department Does Everything It Can Think of Short of Change to Improve Student Satisfaction
Posted on Thursday, November 5th 2009
Tags: assessment, best practices, measurement, satisfaction, student affairs, student development, survey
Tags: assessment, best practices, measurement, satisfaction, student affairs, student development, survey
The student services staff at Rhodeson College has just completed its one-year campaign to improve its reputation with students, and the Board of Trustees is unsure how to proceed. “Every year, we receive complaints about the grouchy and incompetent staff in student services,” said vice president of student services Reginald Trahl. “This year, we took [...]
Job Posting: Multitasking Bike Cop
Posted on Wednesday, November 4th 2009
Tags: bicycle, bike, campus, cop, job, listing, patrol, police, position, posting, public, safety
Tags: bicycle, bike, campus, cop, job, listing, patrol, police, position, posting, public, safety
Submitted by Brody Truce, Staff Writer Spring Opening Penbrooke State University, VA Description The Penbrooke State University Office of Public Safety is currently seeking highly qualified law enforcement professionals—or dudes who like to ride bikes—for an exciting new career in campus safety. Requirements Ability to pedal required. Actual law enforcement experience optional. Clean criminal background [...]
Job Posting: Token Search Committee Member
Posted on Tuesday, November 3rd 2009
Tags: committee, diversity, equal opportunity, job search, multicultural, representative, token
Tags: committee, diversity, equal opportunity, job search, multicultural, representative, token
Immediate Opening Winchester Tech, Vermont Description Winchester Tech, a gorgeous 4-year coeducational university, seeks a Token Search Committee Member in order to represent the rich diversity we value on our campus. The successful Token will provide relief for our stretched-too-thin staff members of color who have started whispering about feeling used for their minority status. [...]
University Passes First-Ever Honor Code of Silence
Posted on Monday, November 2nd 2009
Tags: communication, creed, dialogue, honor code, inclusive, resolution, respect, silence
Tags: communication, creed, dialogue, honor code, inclusive, resolution, respect, silence
In response to an incident of cultural insensitivity, Madden College president Laurel Stanford charged a committee of administrators and students to review and revise the institution’s honor code. The committee thought it had drafted a progressive standard of respect with its first draft, commonly known as the “Don’t Say Anything that Could Possibly Hurt Someone [...]


