More evidence that a college degree
is literally worse than useless:
I am an instructor at a [university you would immediately recognize]. The
director of the program is encouraging the entire faculty to alter their own
teaching methods, based on an article that discusses how a professor at
[another well-known university] found that she could improve the grades of her
minority students through “inclusive teaching.” By this she meant
creating mandatory worksheets for students to fill out during each lecture (to
"teach students how to take notes”), guided reading assignments, required
class participation, online quizzes to check their progress,etc. Basically all the busy work that
everyone with an IQ over 95 hated in high school. The article was about
implementing this regime in an undergraduate program, which is pathetic
enough. My [spouse] is being encouraged to use it in graduate
level courses. This is in a program that is considered to be
extremely selective.
I
always find it amusing when people expect me to show deference on the basis of
someone's academic credentials. As far as I'm concerned, a PhD is a reliable
indicator that you're dealing with a midwit.