All Questions
Tagged with administration teaching
8
questions
1
vote
2
answers
91
views
What useful teaching/administrative practices do lecturers disclose as additions to the course outline?
There have been a few answers and comments on this site where lecturers have noted some useful practices they implement in their teaching, which they disclose in the course outline. Usually this ...
- 70k
157
votes
14
answers
26k
views
Teaching a class likely meant to inflate the GPA of student athletes
Premise
My department recently finalized the faculty teaching assignments for the Fall 2019 semester (starts at the end of August 2019). As these assignments were being discussed a few weeks ago, my ...
- 19k
9
votes
3
answers
3k
views
Why do professors use course-buyouts?
I am confused about how course buyouts work in the United States and about how the incentives play out for professors and the university. I will use a constructed example to frame my confusion. Please ...
- 222
3
votes
2
answers
235
views
How can TAs encourage institution to use different administrative software
I'm teaching in a university where many different types of administrative software are used. Many seem a bit clunky and badly designed, but I'm only interested in those relating to teaching. Some of ...
- 2,392
3
votes
4
answers
10k
views
Does a department have any obligation to respond to a student petition against a teacher?
If all students of a class sign a petition claiming that a professor of a course is unqualified to teach, does the department/faculty change that professor?
Do students have this right? and what is ...
- 103
8
votes
2
answers
606
views
Do Universities have a right to stop students from talking about questions on tests?
This case in Canada was between students who were complaining about a professor and the school who claimed doing so was misconduct. The school lost because the punishment infringed on students' ...
- 83
24
votes
6
answers
2k
views
What steps can faculty and staff take to promote excellence in, and importance of, teaching?
tl;dr
Faculty don't think teaching is as important as their other responsibilities; how do we change that?
Long version
I've been working in academia for a long time and whenever I see instructors ...
user27290
4
votes
1
answer
267
views
How much is the teaching duty of university administrators?
Due to the time-consuming nature of administrative jobs, university administrators normally reduce their teaching duties. This reduction is normally proportional to the level of administrative job: ...
- 7,665