tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187403837913738089.post7005261465968055546..comments2023-12-15T02:26:43.878-06:00Comments on CSU Faculty Voice: Welcome to the New School Year and Back to Business as Usual: The Administration Threatens Staff and Faculty and Screws the StudentsPhillip Beverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05105319296231539370noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187403837913738089.post-78239868252160129922014-08-23T17:52:00.833-05:002014-08-23T17:52:00.833-05:00Ugh! I am always upbeat, excited, even, to start ...Ugh! I am always upbeat, excited, even, to start a new semester. I have felt the anticipation of a new semester of learning every semester including summers for the past 27 years as student and faculty member. I'm reviewing my assignments, reading myriad things related to my Fall 2014 courses, placing information on moodle and the like in anticipation of the new year's academic endeavor. This type of information just deflated me. Nonetheless, I, like all of my faculty and staff colleagues, will give our all throughout the semester beginning Monday.<br /><br />What are Watson, Henderson and Cage doing? I imagine them in a dungeon rubbing their slimy hands together and cackling maniacally concocting the next disaster. Professor Panchohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683107394023817405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187403837913738089.post-69796269482443451972014-08-23T13:53:00.398-05:002014-08-23T13:53:00.398-05:00CSU is organized for a select few politically-conn...CSU is organized for a select few politically-connected individuals in the city of Chicago and State of ILL. The overseers: the Governor, the Board of Trustees, HLC do not care how the place is run. It is a political ward masquerading as a university. Students rank third or fourth in administrative consideration as you point out here and as our enrollment in the last 4 years has reflected. Sorry to say, no relief in sight. No one really cares.<br /><br />Of course I am just a "nay-sayer," "disgruntled" faculty member…<br />Cordayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11407012136671501643noreply@blogger.com