The Fora: A Higher Education Community

Quote from: jimbogumbo on May 10, 2024, 02:29:52 PMIn support of an opinion upthread from Wahoo: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/05/protest-effectiveness-research/678292/

Today's students are relying on the zeitgeist of their grandparents.  Volatile protests, protest signs, marches, slogans, chants, camp-outs, occupations----all 1970s.

Then there is the rightwing media distorting in typical fashion.  My father-in-law had FOX News on his TV today, and considerable coverage was dedicated to "the anti-Israel protests" of college students with cherrypicked footage of students resisting arrest and, of course, a professor complaining about police brutality. 

Quote from: secundem_artem on May 10, 2024, 03:07:07 PMSomebody somewhere is making a mint selling keffiyehs to  white college kids who didn't even know what those things were 6 weeks ago.

Try Amazon where keffiyeh scarves, made in China, sell for under $10. Type "keffiyeh scarf Vivian and Vincent" in the Amazon search bar for details regarding price and place of origin.

Quote from: Parasaurolophus on May 10, 2024, 08:53:52 AMJust a chunk of T1 today.

Did my chunk.

Most journals I Have been submitting to recently ask for both a .docx AND a PDF version of the main manuscript...

Quote from: secundem_artem on May 10, 2024, 03:07:07 PMSomebody somewhere is making a mint selling keffiyehs to  white college kids who didn't even know what those things were 6 weeks ago.

Brando in "The Wild One" [1953]:

"Hey, Johnny, what are you rebelling against?"
"Whaddya got?"

Somebody somewhere is making a mint selling keffiyehs to  white college kids who didn't even know what those things were 6 weeks ago.

In support of an opinion upthread from Wahoo: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/05/protest-effectiveness-research/678292/

Quote from: methodsman on May 07, 2024, 02:04:13 PM.   And, no, contrary to popular belief, the growth in administrators is not the cause of most
institutions' demise. 
mm

Maybe, but it sure doesn't help. Here is a recent Atlantic piece: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/no-one-knows-what-universities-are-for/ar-BB1m2mbD

.docx or a pdf file, the latter if you want formatting and tables to display accurately.

We allow one repeat, a third attempt only with special permission.
But honestly, if a student fails once* they almost always fail again.

*Unless there was a big disruption/something outside of their control (e.g. medical crisis) that is now resolved.