Profs Experiment with Variations of “You\’ll Never Get a Job” Engagement Technique
Posted on Monday, April 12th 2010
Tags: academics, engagement, general education, liberal arts, motivation, relevence, relevent, student, threats
Tags: academics, engagement, general education, liberal arts, motivation, relevence, relevent, student, threats
Taking a lesson from the mantra of bitchy high school teachers who invoke the common “You’ll never get into college” threat, professors from across the country have begun to experiment with new varieties of the classic “You’ll never get a job” verbal assaults. Dubbing the threats “Neo-Modern Engagement Techniques,” they seek to engage students with [...]


