Housing tenure

Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the chance to talk with individual faculty, students, staff, and others about what drew me to the University of Iowa, my approach to the role of president, and the need to work together. I’d like to take this opportunity to start a broader conversation. Why the University of Iowa? I’ve been asked this question by both supporters and detractors in recent weeks. If you belong to the University of Iowa community, you’ve probably asked yourself, or been asked, this

While college is certainly a time to have fun, make new friends, and learn about ourselves, students like myself should never forget the real reason for attending a higher educational institution. Everyone, including myself knows that education is the knowledge of putting potential the maximum use. Throughout the semester I have been given various assignments and objectives to comprehend making and this makes it challenging. At Miami Dade College, the professors offer a variety of ways that can ensure

For I Know the Plans Failure is perhaps one of the most influential things in people’s lives because it can alter the course of our actions, by teaching us persistence or leading us the opposite way. Through his book, Dr. Cleamon Moorer guides the readers through an intimate journey about his progression from failure to promise. In the small town of Detroit, Moorer was raised by Christian parents, who taught him love, obedience, and enforced discipline, but most importantly, they nurtured his faith

Tenures refers to an approach which gives educators and teachers a lasting contract, viably guaranteeing them an assurance of work … forever. Teachers that have tenure can't be fired from their duty unless for "worthwhile motivation, for example, serious wrongdoing or inadequacy, and still, at the end of the day ending the tenure can be to a great degree troublesome. Tenure system picked up in the mid-20th century as a method for shielding teachers from being terminated for the wrong reasons. In

The importance of Attending Class Attending Class It is absolutely vital that you attend class regularly. Missing a class should be a rare occurrence; something that happens at most once or twice a semester. If you miss class more than this, it will interfere with your learning and have a negative affect your performance and your grade. A prerequisite to success in any in any endeavor is "showing up", and classes are no exception. If you're not showing up to class, you're forfeiting every opportunity

Cheating and plagiarism is prominent in all situations that could be cheated or plagiarized; Cheating can be found in academic areas, in sports, in publications, etc. Cheating is integrated in academic settings, such as high schools and colleges. Cheating and plagiarism is even observed past this point, in work settings. In college and in every field of study, there’s so much cheating and plagiarism that it is almost an unavoidable issue. There are software programs, such as Turnitin, that are designed

In 1954, following the Brown v. the Board of Education decision, African American students became legally able to apply for admission to previously all-White colleges and universities (Anderson, 2002). Following this legislation, many higher education institutions began to racially integrate at a considerable rate; however, racism and exclusion continued to happen within these institutions (Anderson, 2002). Mount Holyoke is a historically predominantly White women’s college that began significant

Tenure: the Good, the Bad, the Who Cares Governor Scott walker proposed a state budget in 2015 that cut almost 300 million dollars from higher education and more controversially took tenure out of the protection of state law (Flaherty, 2015). The Joint Finance Committee, with a vote of 12-4, cut tenure protection for university faculty from state stature (Flaherty, 2015). After the vote in the Joint Finance Committee many faculty members protested and we vocal about the University of Wisconsin needing

College is indirectly served to have fun, make new friends, and learn about ourselves. As an attendant at Miami-Dade College I would never forget the real reason for enrolling in this institution. Any other individual who is a current student should know that education is the knowledge of putting potential to maximum use. Throughout the semester I have been given various assignments and objectives to comprehend making it challenging. At Miami-Dade College, the professors offer a variety of ways that

The first day of the new semester had Mike Stevenson in quite a good mood. It was a welcome change for the older tenured professor; who, at 52, would have been the envy of many other men his age. He had a great job, a full head of hair, and was liked by his colleagues and students. However, due to his messy separation and impending divorce to another professor at the school, his state of mind could have been described as 'irritable' at best. Though even with the messy personal situation going on