News & announcements from April 2010
US Military questions efficacy of Power Point
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010If the US military is questioning the overuse of Power Point slides, should classroom instructors also re-think the use of Power Point? A recent NY Times article raises the issue about the use and usefulness Power Point presentations–too simplistic for complex issues, too hypnotizing, and being ‘power pointed’ to death. It raises some questions about…
Professors without Borders
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010A new non-profit group Professors without Borders which is intended to promote sending faculty members abroad to promote public health and sustainability, and to build infrastructure that will help developing and disadvantaged nations
Grades on the rise
Sunday, April 18th, 2010A brief article in early March 2010, reports on grade inflation. The new report published in Teachers College Record suggests that grades have been rising over the last few decades. One of the authors presents a ‘sweet 16′ collegiate standing graph of grade inflation at the website Grade Inflation
Faculty salaries at lowest year to year change in 50 years
Saturday, April 17th, 2010Several news reports and in the NY Times identified that the average salary of a full-time faculty member in 2009-10 is only 1.2 percent higher than it was a year ago, the lowest year-to-year change in the 50 years that salary data have been collected by the American Association of University Professors. See full report…
