Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Fifteen Minutes
The “cheating” scandal gets national coverage on Good Morning America. From the segment, it seems like Richard Quinn is enjoying being in the limelight.
Tone Deaf
At the October meeting where they voted to deny the faculty raises, Tom Yochum and Rick Walsh were overheard talking about which Porsche they drove to the meeting.
What Will Happen?
On November 10th, there is a BOT meeting to determine if Hitt and his lackeys will get their big bonuses.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Grant Heston Sucks
A commenter on the cheating story gets it right:
"It's disappointing these actions took place," UCF spokesman Grant Heston said of the apparent cheating, but the incident demonstrates policies in place to detect cheating are working.
What policy is that; hoping a benevolent student tips you off anonymously via a drop box?
UCF is the third largest university campus in America by some counts, but only ranks #179 amongst public colleges by U.S. News and World Reports. They should stop focusing on bigger and start focusing on better.
"It's disappointing these actions took place," UCF spokesman Grant Heston said of the apparent cheating, but the incident demonstrates policies in place to detect cheating are working.
What policy is that; hoping a benevolent student tips you off anonymously via a drop box?
UCF is the third largest university campus in America by some counts, but only ranks #179 amongst public colleges by U.S. News and World Reports. They should stop focusing on bigger and start focusing on better.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Everybody Cheats (Even at Easy Schools)
From the Orlando Sentinel:
Close to 600 students in a senior-level business course at University of Central Florida must retake a mid-term exam after a professor was tipped off to cheating.
Students who admit to cheating will be given the chance to complete the course if they attend an ethics seminar, Professor Richard Quinn told students.
Those who don't step forward will be found out anyway, Quinn promised during an emotional lecture.
The incident, Quinn told students, has left him "physically ill, absolutely disgusted" and "completely disillusioned" after 20 years of teaching.
Quinn is teaching a senior level course with six hundred students and giving them multiple choice exams, and the thing that makes him ill, disgusted, and disillusioned is that, given the opportunity, students cheated?
Close to 600 students in a senior-level business course at University of Central Florida must retake a mid-term exam after a professor was tipped off to cheating.
Students who admit to cheating will be given the chance to complete the course if they attend an ethics seminar, Professor Richard Quinn told students.
Those who don't step forward will be found out anyway, Quinn promised during an emotional lecture.
The incident, Quinn told students, has left him "physically ill, absolutely disgusted" and "completely disillusioned" after 20 years of teaching.
Quinn is teaching a senior level course with six hundred students and giving them multiple choice exams, and the thing that makes him ill, disgusted, and disillusioned is that, given the opportunity, students cheated?
Friday, September 24, 2010
Good
In the Erek Plancher case, the judge has ruled that UCFAA is not a state agency and therefore damages will not be capped at 200K.
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