Rosy Glasses Need read no further. I believe that faculty members, like the graduate students they were at one point in their professional development, must be many things to many people. They must be time managers in order to fulfill all of the roles that are visited upon them. They must be instructors, role models, advisors, and mentors to their…
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Changes to Higher Education
I think the fundamental change I would like to make to higher education is to let people know that there are other options. And to make those other options viable as careers. If students genuinely want to learn a topic, then they should go to college to get more knowledge. I’m not saying that college should go back to being…
Humor as we face Finals….
Finals week is almost upon us. Which means a variety of things….paper deadlines, exams, and getting everything completed for our own courses are important, of course. But those of us who are also teaching see the other side of those deadlines as well. It can be difficult to keep calm and carry on during such a hectic time, so here…
Warning: Open-access is not always awesome
Hey, y’all! I know we are going to be talking about open access in a while, and we have been talking about ethics…here they merge! Spoiler alert: Science (the journal) performed a “sting” on open-access journals to highlight potentially unethical practices in publishing. It’s pretty bad, y’all. Take a look at the provided link! http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2013/10/03/Paper-written-as-science-hoax-published-by-157-science-journals/UPI-67611380846842/ I think that this issue…
ASEE Professional Code of Ethics
The following list is the Code of Ethics for the American Society of Engineering Education, taken from their web resources (http://www.asee.org/member-resources/resources/Code_of_Ethics.pdf): 1. Ensure all graduates have an understanding of their professional and ethical responsibility. 2. Encourage students to use their knowledge and skills for the enhancement of human welfare. 3. Encourage students to be aware of the environmental and social…