General category for self education and gaining an education by going to some school or trade school.
September 2, 2007 Having dinner at Macaroni Grill today, my wife and I met up with a server named Stephanie. I thought she was a student and she said she was when asked. This began a long running conversation between her serving duties as to her education at a junior college and transfer to a state college, CSUF. She was unhappy with some of the aspects of both experiences at her former junior college and at the state university. Here…
Exit interviews should be required for every staff member that leaves a college or university for any reason. The Sovereign power of the state, the people, owns the company, the college and university. The Sovereign power has final decision making for performance issues. It makes sense to require this check for performance. All exit interviews should be made public. The people of the state own the college and university. One could equate the people’s interests in their institutions much like…
The word doctor comes from Latin and means “teacher”. The title was used as a qualification to teach at universities. One of the earliest universities was the University of Constantinople, 849, considered to be constituted in a form that might be considered to look to be close to what universities are today. In Ernest Volkman’s book, Science Goes To War, the author describes how Kaiser Wilhelm, (about 1911), helped toward building a premier science community within Germany to move that…
Here is a profile of a state university where, allegedly, enrollment is preeminent. Overall, this university, allegedly, has a suspiciously low staff to customer ratio but this apparently does not show itself to the customer. This is remarkable as there is, allegedly no upward communication mechanisms existing on this campus except through the approved management tree. Here are some examples of missing communication opportunities: No exit interviews when exiting this institution. No ombudsman to hear complaints and resolve conflicts. No…
I was troubled reading an article in the LA Times June 19th, 07, front page entitled “A killing kept in the shadows”. Here is the background to the story. It seams that Eastern Michigan University allegedly tried to keep from the public the killing of one of its students in Hill Hall. Hill Hall is located in Ypsilanti and is a ten-story brick building. A 22-year-old women student was killed in her room. Allegedly, the college officials knew a lot…
Most state universities have what is called “fund based accounting”. This is where a staff member or department applies for money by making a proposal. Sounds pretty straightforward and simple. Problem is this. There is no incentive to spend less money after the project is approved. Usually if less money is spent a dean or VP sweeps it up at the end of the fiscal year. Very few staff members will try to cut costs. Guess who gets to pay…
