Getting Ready to Commence
By Herman Berliner. It’s that time of year. We are all getting ready for commencement and we are all trying to do whatever tweaking will make the commencement more of a special moment for our students/graduates. A few years ago, we moved all our May commencements indoors for the first time in my memory. Of course, also part of my memories are the outdoor commencements where it rained or, even worse, there was thunder and lightning, and the outdoor commencements where winter made a reprise in May, or August arrived early instead. Read more...
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The Kansas Board of Regents is not budging on its proposal to regulate social media use. The board's revised proposal, released Monday, does contain much of the language found in a draft released earlier this month by a working group of faculty and staff representatives from the state’s six public four-year institutions. It quotes the American Association of University Professors’ 1940 Statement of Principles, and states that employees are free to use social media in contexts involving research, teaching or shared governance. Read more...