Author: admin
Cyborgs: Teachers of the Future
The CSU Chancellor’s office hired a consultant (Katz and Associates) to help design CSU on-line, the on-line competition for the CSU. This was the second page of their presentation. I do not thi... Read More
Cynical and Perverse: The Chancellor’s Response to Faculty Pay Increases
A long awaited ruling by an independent fact finder was released today. The fact finder concluded that the CSU had the resources and the responsibility to pay for a previously negotiated equity pay ra... Read More
‘More and Better Civic Learning’…Just not in the CSU
“This is a critical time in our nation’s history, and our future is not assured. We have to work at it, and that work most certainly includes more and better civic learning” Les Fran... Read More
The Tragedy of the Chancellor’s Vision for the CSU
Outsourcing. It is ubiquitous in the private sector. Low skill jobs are shipped to low wage countries to increase the bottom line for corporations. Outsourcing is also common in the public sector. For... Read More
Take a Flying *@#! at the Moon
It seems that the prevailing philosophy in the Chancellor’s Office–and by extension in his Board of Trustees–is that the CSU should be “run like a business.” This is a re... Read More
Dispatching an Urban Myth
Yesterday I addressed a major misconception about college professors: College professors teach for a couple of hours and then go home. Today I want to dispatch a second misconception: College professo... Read More
A Day in the Life
A major misconception about college professors is that we teach for a few hours a day and then go home. The truth is that teaching is not the only thing that we do. Yes, we are in the classroom about ... Read More
Not In Our Town National Week of Action: Communities stand together against hate
Hate crimes are a unique, and uniquely destructive form of violence. Hate crime victims are targeted because of their race, gender, sexual orientation, or religion. They become victims for simply bein... Read More
