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[erzuliefreda]

We have a reading group working on the book. I'm not sure how it will play out, given that our primary concern right now is... drum roll please... increasing our retention and graduation rates.

[kohelet]

We have a reading group working on the book. I'm not sure how it will play out, given that our primary concern right now is... drum roll please... increasing our retention and graduation rates.

Ditto, to the letter.  (We're not at the same university, are we?)  We'll have to report back. 

I have to say, I did increase the reading assignments across all my courses after being convicted by this book.  I don't ever want one of my students to say they'd never had a course requiring them to read a book or whatever that statistic was.

[oldfullprof]

Re the Quinn Bill cited above.  When it was funded, it was basically a corrupt boondoggle.  It gave cops generous raises for "education."  Some of the vendors were iffy.  This is a state where every construction project has a cop asleep in his car at $30 an hour (ruining his marriage with 16 hour days.)

[mad_doctor]

A just-finished-his-first-year science assistant professor stood up, banged the table, and shouted, "No!  You have to read the book!  Would you let your students not read the book before attending class?  No!  Read the book!"  That guy got a lot of applause for that reaction, since this was a voluntary workshop on our own time when we were under no contract to the university so most of us are motivated self-learners in this area (although apparently the one person was not).

My hero...

[mad_doctor]

Re the Quinn Bill cited above.  When it was funded, it was basically a corrupt boondoggle.  It gave cops generous raises for "education."  Some of the vendors were iffy.  This is a state where every construction project has a cop asleep in his car at $30 an hour (ruining his marriage with 16 hour days.)

Those guys are a little behind the curve, oldfullprof...  where I used to live they'd park their cars running at the construction projects with the lights on while they go have affairs with the local housewives.  They must have missed the "best practices" workshop...