tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044792945653054348.post313821022142364940..comments2023-08-13T06:56:50.760-07:00Comments on Arts & Sciences College Forum: WSJ Article on "Hire Education"David Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126067283016390050noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044792945653054348.post-8533216225013875002013-01-05T16:00:52.429-08:002013-01-05T16:00:52.429-08:00Word came down from my UT friends that the adminis...Word came down from my UT friends that the administration is auditing the university and its vital functions. No word yet on whether these Jacob's kiss-ass auditors are going to audit the overbloated administration and its overpaid petlings. <br /><br />It's time to cut more UT services so that the administrators can keep their bonuses. I guess, the top-down model does not always work since that will expose their administrative abuses and excesses -- at Toledo/Ohio taxpayers' expense. We will soon know who these auditors are and their names will be paraded on this blog and social media.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044792945653054348.post-56107818935080989372013-01-03T04:02:14.590-08:002013-01-03T04:02:14.590-08:00The UTAAUP recently posted a bulletin (#112) on th...The UTAAUP recently posted a bulletin (#112) on the new higher education funding model from Columbus. Given what has been happening at UT, I have to wonder if by course completions/graduations they don't mean specifically students in STEM disciplines. Certainly UT does not seem very interested in students in any other disciplines, particularly those in the humanities. UT recently made a revealing change to the language of the mission statement to reflect this. It's also odd that just when tangible evidence of Jacob & co's failures are appearing (e.g. decreased enrollment, particularly when compared to increased enrollment at nearby universities) the model changes from enrollment to completion/grad. Now Jacobs & Co have a free pass for at least another few years as they claim they transition from enrollment to graduation - in other words, they already have a bleak immediate future projected since obviously there will be problems changing the population at UT to one with students more likely to finish classes & graduate. And don't be surprised if the next edict from on high will be that we must start calling students who are missing classes, emailing them, & logging all this and submitting the records each year to a new Dean of Encouraging Class Attendance and Improving Graduation Rates. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044792945653054348.post-67261493909205862462012-12-31T12:03:31.661-08:002012-12-31T12:03:31.661-08:00Thanks for this post. It certainly describes what&...Thanks for this post. It certainly describes what's been happening on our campus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com