Anonymous
Post 07/24/2019 13:06     Subject: Priorities? UMD is clearing the campus of academic activities to make way for football games....


What did you expect from a college that allows its footballers to die?!?
Anonymous
Post 07/24/2019 12:48     Subject: Priorities? UMD is clearing the campus of academic activities to make way for football games....
Professor’s spouse lady is not doing UMD any favor. Are you sure this is not your DH’s Dept only?
Anonymous
Post 07/24/2019 12:44     Subject: Priorities? UMD is clearing the campus of academic activities to make way for football games....
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Many Friday classes are already conducted online.


Really? Why?


Not sure what pp was referring to but it’s not true.


My husband is a professor there. It is certainly true for many humanities department classes for all but 400-level classes. Typically the class meets 3x per week; 2x in person and 1x online. Strong pressure on faculty to include the online component in his department. Faculty handle it differently.

Some post a brief video and then students react or discuss via a Facebook-type interface. Others use it to reinforce subjects students may have struggled with in a recent exam.


Interesting..my DD is about to apply. Not exactly a plus..


Something to ask about on tours, particularly at large universities. This doesn't happen at my kid's LAC.

I'm the UMd prof's spouse. One thing to consider - in this scenario, the student is getting content from the actual professor 3x per week. In the past, that 3rd class was be a discussion section led by a graduate student TA.
Anonymous
Post 07/24/2019 12:35     Subject: Priorities? UMD is clearing the campus of academic activities to make way for football games....
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Many Friday classes are already conducted online.


Really? Why?


Not sure what pp was referring to but it’s not true.


My husband is a professor there. It is certainly true for many humanities department classes for all but 400-level classes. Typically the class meets 3x per week; 2x in person and 1x online. Strong pressure on faculty to include the online component in his department. Faculty handle it differently.

Some post a brief video and then students react or discuss via a Facebook-type interface. Others use it to reinforce subjects students may have struggled with in a recent exam.


Interesting..my DD is about to apply. Not exactly a plus..


My kids are at three different universities, and they've all had classes, or at least parts of classes, that were conducted online. A number of schools we toured also did not have class on Fridays at all.
Anonymous
Post 07/24/2019 12:32     Subject: Priorities? UMD is clearing the campus of academic activities to make way for football games....
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Many Friday classes are already conducted online.


Really? Why?


Not sure what pp was referring to but it’s not true.


My husband is a professor there. It is certainly true for many humanities department classes for all but 400-level classes. Typically the class meets 3x per week; 2x in person and 1x online. Strong pressure on faculty to include the online component in his department. Faculty handle it differently.

Some post a brief video and then students react or discuss via a Facebook-type interface. Others use it to reinforce subjects students may have struggled with in a recent exam.


Interesting. Not the case on STEM side of umd
Anonymous
Post 07/24/2019 12:32     Subject: Priorities? UMD is clearing the campus of academic activities to make way for football games....
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Many Friday classes are already conducted online.


Really? Why?


Not sure what pp was referring to but it’s not true.


My husband is a professor there. It is certainly true for many humanities department classes for all but 400-level classes. Typically the class meets 3x per week; 2x in person and 1x online. Strong pressure on faculty to include the online component in his department. Faculty handle it differently.

Some post a brief video and then students react or discuss via a Facebook-type interface. Others use it to reinforce subjects students may have struggled with in a recent exam.


Interesting..my DD is about to apply. Not exactly a plus..
Anonymous
Post 07/24/2019 12:23     Subject: Priorities? UMD is clearing the campus of academic activities to make way for football games....
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Many Friday classes are already conducted online.


Really? Why?


Not sure what pp was referring to but it’s not true.


My husband is a professor there. It is certainly true for many humanities department classes for all but 400-level classes. Typically the class meets 3x per week; 2x in person and 1x online. Strong pressure on faculty to include the online component in his department. Faculty handle it differently.

Some post a brief video and then students react or discuss via a Facebook-type interface. Others use it to reinforce subjects students may have struggled with in a recent exam.
Anonymous
Post 07/24/2019 12:18     Subject: Priorities? UMD is clearing the campus of academic activities to make way for football games....
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Many Friday classes are already conducted online.


Really? Why?


Not sure what pp was referring to but it’s not true.
Anonymous
Post 07/24/2019 12:18     Subject: Re:Priorities? UMD is clearing the campus of academic activities to make way for football games....
My school (a SUNY) didn't even have classes on Friday afternoons. The late MWF classes were only MW and extended to the same length as the Tu-Th classes. And we didn't even have a football team to speak of.
Anonymous
Post 07/24/2019 12:16     Subject: Priorities? UMD is clearing the campus of academic activities to make way for football games....
Anonymous wrote:Many Friday classes are already conducted online.


Really? Why?
Anonymous
Post 07/24/2019 11:59     Subject: Priorities? UMD is clearing the campus of academic activities to make way for football games....
Yeah, not too crazy about it but it’s friday afternoon only. Let’s not overreact.
Anonymous
Post 07/24/2019 11:54     Subject: Re:Priorities? UMD is clearing the campus of academic activities to make way for football games....
For a crappy football team, UMD goes to a lot of trouble to accommodate them.
Anonymous
Post 07/24/2019 11:36     Subject: Re:Priorities? UMD is clearing the campus of academic activities to make way for football games....
Good for them. Go Terps! Make the school more about community than a fee for service.
Anonymous
Post 07/24/2019 11:33     Subject: Priorities? UMD is clearing the campus of academic activities to make way for football games....
Many Friday classes are already conducted online.
Anonymous
Post 07/24/2019 11:29     Subject: Priorities? UMD is clearing the campus of academic activities to make way for football games....
They are literally cancelling classes... for football.

https://wtop.com/prince-georges-county/2019/07/u-md-to-cancel-classes-clear-campus-before-penn-state-football-game/