in memoriam: http://gawker.com/scalia-is-a-twitter-egg-1714198342
13 February 2016
09 February 2016
wtf
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/02/09/mount-st-marys-president-fires-two-faculty-members-one-tenure
The president of Mount St. Mary's University in Maryland on Monday fired two faculty members without any faculty review of his action or advance notice. One was a tenured professor who had recently criticized some of the president's policies. The other was the adviser to the student newspaper that revealed the president recently told faculty members concerned about his retention plans that they needed to change the way they view struggling students. "This is hard for you because you think of the students as cuddly bunnies, but you can’t. You just have to drown the bunnies … put a Glock to their heads," the president said.
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The president of Mount St. Mary's University in Maryland on Monday fired two faculty members without any faculty review of his action or advance notice. One was a tenured professor who had recently criticized some of the president's policies. The other was the adviser to the student newspaper that revealed the president recently told faculty members concerned about his retention plans that they needed to change the way they view struggling students. "This is hard for you because you think of the students as cuddly bunnies, but you can’t. You just have to drown the bunnies … put a Glock to their heads," the president said.
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Newman's letter firing the tenured professor -- Thane M. Naberhaus of the philosophy department -- accused him of disloyalty.
"As an employee of Mount St. Mary's University, you owe a duty of loyalty to this university and to act in a manner consistent with that duty. However, your recent actions, in my opinion and that of others, have violated that duty and clearly justify your termination," said the letter.
03 February 2016
Graduate Application for Degree
Graduate Application For Degree
The Graduate Application for Degree (GAFD) for Spring 2016 is available on the Graduate School website Graduation page. Completion of this form ensures completion of degree paperwork, and it is also required for graduating students who wish to be recognized in the printed Spring 2016 Commencement program. Students are also encouraged to take note of all degree requirements in the Graduate School Manual.
26 January 2016
Confirmation of enrollment
IMPORTANT: The deadline for confirming your enrollment is 4:30 pm on Friday, January 29!!
If you do not confirm your enrollment via BU BRAIN Self Service by 4:30 p.m., Friday.Jan. 29, you will be dropped from all your spring courses.
If you do not confirm your enrollment via BU BRAIN Self Service by 4:30 p.m., Friday.Jan. 29, you will be dropped from all your spring courses.
21 January 2016
More free basketball for grad students
Basketball Grad Night
To show our appreciation for current graduate students, the Graduate School is offering 125 free tickets for the men’s basketball game against Albany on Monday February 8th at 7pmt in the Events Center. Each student who presents a graduate student ID will receive one ticket. Tickets are available at the Graduate School office front desk in the Couper Administration Building Room 134, between the hours of 8:30am to 5pm. The tickets will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Faculty members are welcome to pick up a maximum of 5 tickets to distribute to deserving students. This game will be a great way to start off the semester. Please help us spread the word and encourage your students to attend!
19 January 2016
12 January 2016
Bias against female instructors
from Inside Higher Ed
There’s mounting evidence suggesting that student evaluations of teaching are unreliable. But are these evaluations, commonly referred to as SET, so bad that they’re actually better at gauging students’ gender bias and grade expectations than they are at measuring teaching effectiveness? A new paper argues that’s the case, and that evaluations are biased against female instructors in particular in so many ways that adjusting them for that bias is impossible.
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