The Cronk of Higher Education
  • Home
  • About
    • Mission
    • Staff
    • In the News
  • Publishing Guidelines
    • Writing Resources for Fake Journalists
  • Archives
  • Merchandise
  • Hire Us
    • Hire Leah
    • Hire Irma
    • Hire Brody
  • It’s a Book!
  • CronkNews Book Challenge
    • Level 1 – High School Diploma
    • Level 2 – The Associate’s Degree
    • Level 3 – The Bachelor’s Degree
    • Level 4 – The Master’s Degree
    • Level 5 – The Cronktorate
    • Level 6 – Tenure Track
  • Press Resources
  • Subscribe
  • National Satire Month
  • We’re Hiring!

Millennial Professor Quits Citing Conflict with Hair Appointment

Posted on Wednesday, November 17th 2010
Tags: generation y, millennial, values, work ethic
Millennial Professor Quits Citing Conflict with Hair Appointment
by Brody K. Truce Senior Staff Writer Finding the perfect job during a recession is difficult. According to Chloe Parker, a recently hired first year sociology professor at Carter College, finding the perfect hairdresser is even more difficult. This week, Parker submitted a letter of resignation to the chair of the humanities department citing a [...]

Employer Sells Out to that Entitled Millennial Grad

Posted on Monday, July 13th 2009
Tags: culture, generation y, generational differences, generational equity, martin kaste, millennial generation, millennials, now hiring
Employer Sells Out to that Entitled Millennial Grad
Corporatecorp International admitted publically to selling out on Monday when it hired pretentious 2009 graduate of Mother Madre University Shawndra Stimpson. “We really wanted to offer the job to Hank Jeffers, a seasoned hard-working fellow from Detroit, but we didn’t want to pay for the move to our headquarters in Houston,” confessed HR manager Grover [...]

Students shocked to learn that professors have visual capabilities in the classroom

Posted on Thursday, July 9th 2009
Tags: chronicle, classroom climate, college, college humor, comedy, faculty, generation y, higher education, millennial, professors, satire, students, teachers, university
Students shocked to learn that professors have visual capabilities in the classroom
“It’s weird,” admitted LSU junior Jason Rammaport this week when it was revealed that his teachers could see him in their classrooms. “I honestly didn’t know,” he said. Many students shared Jason’s shock this week when final grades were released and not all students received perfect scores for class participation. “When I emailed my teacher about [...]

Social Links

Facebook MySpace Twitter  RSS

Get Your CronkNews Book!

Order your copy of Required Reading: The Very Best of CronkNews.com!

Available now on Amazon.

Host a Required Reading book club.

Download questions here. Get group rates on your books. For details, or to invite one of the authors to Skype with your club, email editor@CronkNews.com. Happy clubbin'!

Fall Recommendations

Show us your love

If you'd like to make a donation to keep us stocked in office supplies and creativity, we'd be ever so grateful.

Garb

For the fashion-conscious college professional on laundry day. Enter coupon code ShipmeforFREE for free shipping on orders over $30 until May 3!

Power of the Pen

It's more than a pen. It might just save your soul.

CronkNews Goes Multimedia

Listen to internet radio with CronkNews on Blog Talk Radio

Recent Posts

  • Department of Poli Sigh to Endorse Candidates
  • With Top College Spaces Tight, Women Add Roller Derby to Apps
  • President Phil Comes Out of His Office, Sees His Secretary, Predicts 6 More Years with No Raises
  • Plushie Fetish Scandal Rocks College/Mascot Community
  • Stung by Plagiarism, Harvard Will Allow Profs to Make Stuff Up

Hot Topics

  • CronkNews Documentary Film: "Move-In Day"
    15 comments received
  • Librarians Abandon Dewey Decimal System in Favor of Netflix Categories
    11 comments received
  • Librarians Reinstate Book Burning After Lauren Conrad Announces Release of Third Novel
    11 comments received
  • Contact Us
    6 comments received
  • Interns Scramble to Justify Summer Bitchwork as Academic
    6 comments received

Tags

academic acpa admissions assessment best practices budget campus chronicle college college humor conduct conference cronk cronknews diversity ethics faculty football helicopter highered higher ed higher education interview job millennial multicultural naspa NCAA News orientation parents PC Police Log policy political correctness privilege professors rules satire staff student tenure tpe twitter university wellness

Favorite Links

  • The Chronicle of Higher Education
  • The Onion
Copyright © 2012 The Cronk of Higher Education All Rights Reserved.