OK everyone - I have exciting news.
I just purchased the domain name symbolandsubstance.com!
So maybe this blog will become part of my larger web efforts. I'm so excited! Now when I'm wasting time at work, I can work on that instead of facebook.
Yesss! Symbol and Substance 2.0, here I come!
Monday, April 28, 2008
Yikes.
In an age of accountability...
The problem with making this kind of move, allowing the governor's daughter to receive an Executive MBA w/o finishing her coursework, is that it makes many people look bad. Like A) West Virgina University, B) the governor of WV, C) his daughter, D) and the stupid provost who gave her the degree.
Notice the fact that these two titles use different terms. Degree vs. transcript. I don't know why CHE chose that word; it seems inaccurate. Also, I'd like to point out that a five-member faculty panel had to take time out of research/teaching to find that the university acted inappropriately. What is the mission of a university again? Who knows.
Vicki Smith. "West Virginia University dean resigns in degree scandal." The Associated Press. 4/28/08
"West Virginia U. Provost Resigns Over Transcript Scandal Involving Governor's Daughter." The Chronicle of Higher Education News Blog. 4/27/08.
The problem with making this kind of move, allowing the governor's daughter to receive an Executive MBA w/o finishing her coursework, is that it makes many people look bad. Like A) West Virgina University, B) the governor of WV, C) his daughter, D) and the stupid provost who gave her the degree.
Notice the fact that these two titles use different terms. Degree vs. transcript. I don't know why CHE chose that word; it seems inaccurate. Also, I'd like to point out that a five-member faculty panel had to take time out of research/teaching to find that the university acted inappropriately. What is the mission of a university again? Who knows.
Vicki Smith. "West Virginia University dean resigns in degree scandal." The Associated Press. 4/28/08
"West Virginia U. Provost Resigns Over Transcript Scandal Involving Governor's Daughter." The Chronicle of Higher Education News Blog. 4/27/08.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Oh, Atlanta....
...I hear you calling, I'm coming back to you, one fine day...
Just got back from Atlanta, from YAW (yet another wedding). I was there for 24 hours, mostly due to the machinations (or lack thereof) of American Airlines. Thanks, FAA! I loved being at Chicago O'Hare for 6 hours. Mostly in planes that I then had to get off.
Lots of Atlanta ruminations. I forgot how much time I spent there in college. It all came back as I got lost on the winding roads lined with leafy green trees, just like I did almost ten summers ago.
I'd love to go back to Atlanta and spend some real time - it's surprisingly beautiful, I didn't remember that. Plus there are a lot of people I love there, and I got to see a couple of them. Hopefully B and I can go back and see more wonderful Southern friends. Although now we're talking about doing a bourbon-tasting trip through Tennessee and Kentucky. That, of course, means a requisite trip to Sewanee, possibly my favorite place on Earth besides the street I lived on in Paris in 2002.
Back to life. I think I may have to spend my day doing schoolwork at the office. I hate doing that, but at this point there's just no way around it.
Just got back from Atlanta, from YAW (yet another wedding). I was there for 24 hours, mostly due to the machinations (or lack thereof) of American Airlines. Thanks, FAA! I loved being at Chicago O'Hare for 6 hours. Mostly in planes that I then had to get off.
Lots of Atlanta ruminations. I forgot how much time I spent there in college. It all came back as I got lost on the winding roads lined with leafy green trees, just like I did almost ten summers ago.
I'd love to go back to Atlanta and spend some real time - it's surprisingly beautiful, I didn't remember that. Plus there are a lot of people I love there, and I got to see a couple of them. Hopefully B and I can go back and see more wonderful Southern friends. Although now we're talking about doing a bourbon-tasting trip through Tennessee and Kentucky. That, of course, means a requisite trip to Sewanee, possibly my favorite place on Earth besides the street I lived on in Paris in 2002.
Back to life. I think I may have to spend my day doing schoolwork at the office. I hate doing that, but at this point there's just no way around it.
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