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#71
The State of Higher Ed / Re: Colleges in Dire Financial...
Last post by marshwiggle - March 26, 2024, 10:44:31 AM
Quote from: apl68 on March 26, 2024, 10:26:35 AM
Quote from: treeoflife on March 26, 2024, 08:02:07 AM
Quote from: apl68 on March 26, 2024, 07:25:15 AM
Quote from: treeoflife on March 25, 2024, 01:58:44 PMNorbert college will layoff more employees but increase the number of majors in the hope of attracting more students.

https://wtaq.com/2024/03/08/st-norbert-college-announces-further-layoffs-amid-ongoing-budget-issues/

So...they've found majors they can add that don't require anybody to teach them?

Perhaps AI professors? outsourcing online courses from for profit online universities?

What's sad here is that you were actually able to come up with plausible answers for my question there....

One other option is inter-disciplinary programs that combine existing courses from other disciplines, so no new faculty are required and, in principle, it will produce larger class sizes than currently exist. (That assumes that these don't cannibalize existing programs for students.)
#72
The State of Higher Ed / Re: Colleges in Dire Financial...
Last post by apl68 - March 26, 2024, 10:26:35 AM
Quote from: treeoflife on March 26, 2024, 08:02:07 AM
Quote from: apl68 on March 26, 2024, 07:25:15 AM
Quote from: treeoflife on March 25, 2024, 01:58:44 PMNorbert college will layoff more employees but increase the number of majors in the hope of attracting more students.

https://wtaq.com/2024/03/08/st-norbert-college-announces-further-layoffs-amid-ongoing-budget-issues/

So...they've found majors they can add that don't require anybody to teach them?

Perhaps AI professors? outsourcing online courses from for profit online universities?

What's sad here is that you were actually able to come up with plausible answers for my question there....
#73
General Discussion / Re: The Post For Stuff You Wan...
Last post by apl68 - March 26, 2024, 10:24:23 AM
Congratulations on the new vehicle, ciao_yall!
#74
General Discussion / Re: What's your weather?
Last post by apl68 - March 26, 2024, 10:22:51 AM
Quote from: hmaria1609 on March 26, 2024, 08:34:37 AMIt's cherry blossom season here in DC with temperatures in the 40-50s during the day. There's been a Hypothermia Alert activated in the evenings for 2 weeks.

The cherry blossom season must be beautiful.

Our equivalent here is the dogwood bloom each year.  Aggressive timber clear-cutting in our neck of the woods has all but eliminated wild dogwoods over the years, but we still have some in parks and yards.  They do look beautiful.
#75
General Discussion / Re: cord cutting, redux
Last post by jimbogumbo - March 26, 2024, 10:06:47 AM
If you have a computer and internet you can always view ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox. No subscription needed.
#76
General Discussion / Re: The Post For Stuff You Wan...
Last post by ciao_yall - March 26, 2024, 08:44:19 AM
I bought a car online over dinner with my phone. Signing the paperwork on my phone and picking it up today.

Price and mileage were right and it's a cute color!

(Okay, slight exaggeration. Truth is I picked it out, then had to save the purchase while I moved some money around.)

#77
Research & Scholarship / Re: March Research Thread
Last post by darkstarrynight - March 26, 2024, 08:36:19 AM
Quote from: treeoflife on March 26, 2024, 08:08:15 AMManuscript was sent to the press. A project eight years in the making.

Wow, congratulations!
I have been absent on here because of two back-to-back out of state trips. Thus, no book manuscript writing got done (shocker). However, I did get named a research fellow for an organization last week which is cool. I got the proof for a forthcoming chapter. Also, my sabbatical manuscript that has been under review for almost 9 months shows the status of "awaiting final decision" and I sure as heck hope it is a R&R and not a reject!
#78
Research & Scholarship / Re: March Research Thread
Last post by Parasaurolophus - March 26, 2024, 08:35:19 AM
Quote from: treeoflife on March 26, 2024, 08:08:15 AMManuscript was sent to the press. A project eight years in the making.

Congratulations!



Feeling better today, so I'll write up a referee report and return to checking my translation. Doubt I'll finish checking everything before I have to send it in, but I'll be close, and that's good enough.
#79
General Discussion / Re: What's your weather?
Last post by hmaria1609 - March 26, 2024, 08:34:37 AM
It's cherry blossom season here in DC with temperatures in the 40-50s during the day. There's been a Hypothermia Alert activated in the evenings for 2 weeks.
#80
General Discussion / Re: NYT Spelling Bee
Last post by ciao_yall - March 26, 2024, 08:17:31 AM
Morning!

QBwH for gibing which I thought I tried? LB got nudges for okra-adjectival, adjective-earlock.

cathwen I have been getting nudges from the community hints. Sort on all/oldest/ and look for Cynthia. She posts a link to a google doc with all the possibilities like O-A:A.-L 4:10 which helps narrow down the possibilities. And some people post hints to their solutions.