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New iPhone Apps for Student-Weary Tenured Professors: Homework Humiliator

Posted on Tuesday, November 24th 2009
Tags: assignments, exercies, grading, homework, iphone, online, practice, tenure, webassign
New iPhone Apps for Student-Weary Tenured Professors: Homework Humiliator
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 with students. Projected for release next month: Homework Humiliator This app interfaces with online homework programs such as WebAssign. Professors can choose the degree of humiliation, including Level 1: [...]

New iPhone Apps for Student-Weary Tenured Professors: “Student Coming” Alert

Posted on Tuesday, November 17th 2009
Tags: app, faculty, iphone, job security, nsse, professor, student interaction, tenure
New iPhone Apps for Student-Weary Tenured Professors: “Student Coming” Alert
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 with students. Projected for release next month: “Student Coming” Alert Paranoid about walking around campus and possibly running into your students? This app will provide a vibrating alert when [...]

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
New iPhone Apps for Student-Weary Tenured Professors: Paper Grading Postponer
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 [...]

New iPhone Apps for Student-Weary Tenured Professors: Calendar Protector

Posted on Wednesday, October 21st 2009
Tags: apps, college, faculty, iphone, lazy, malaise, teachers, tenure, university
New iPhone Apps for Student-Weary Tenured Professors: Calendar Protector
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 with students. Projected for release next month: Calendar Protector Do you teach a subject that students want to learn more about during their extracurricular times? When a Resident Assistant [...]

Job Posting: Robot Professor

Posted on Tuesday, October 20th 2009
Tags: ads, classified, education, faculty, free, higher, job, listing, position, posting, tenure, track
Job Posting: Robot Professor
Immediate Opening Indianaville University, IN Description In an effort to reduce our personnel budget expenditures, Indianaville University seeks to hire several robot professors. This is an accelerated tenure-track position at a student-centered, teaching-centered institution. Will carry double the full-time course load in field of expertise. Requirements Terminal degree required. Teaching experience and passion optional. Must [...]

Professor Dunkleman Trying a Little Too Hard to Be Cool

Posted on Thursday, October 15th 2009
Tags: cool, evaluation, instructor, professor, ratemyprofessor, rateyourprofessor, service, teaching, tenure
Professor Dunkleman Trying a Little Too Hard to Be Cool
“The first day of class, he wore an Iron Maiden shirt, and I thought he was cool,” noted an anonymous student on psychology professor Gene Dunkleman’s course evaluation. “Now, I think he’s trying a little too hard.” “Maybe he’s insecure about his publishing credentials as his tenure deadline approaches,” said a colleague. “I’ve noticed this [...]

New iPhone App for Student-Weary Tenured Professors: Office Hour Randomizer

Posted on Friday, September 11th 2009
Tags: app, apps, incompetent, iphone, office hours, professors, teachers, tenure
New iPhone App for Student-Weary Tenured Professors: Office Hour Randomizer
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 with students. Projected for release next month: Office Hour Randomizer If you’re known to blow off your office hours, and a student catches you, just push a button, and [...]
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