Faculty shun technology Why don't more faculty use technology in teaching? Technophobia is the answer. Or, it's the popular or politically correct answer. As one who has never been accused of being politically correct, and usually not even correct, I would like to suggest several other potential answers based upon my experience and interaction with […]
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March 14th, 1996University takes its case to state House appropriations committee >
March 14th, 1996HARRISBURG — During Pitt's March 5 hearing before the state House of Representatives appropriations committee, most of the committee members' questions and comments sounded as if they had been scripted by Pitt officials themselves. Perhaps it was a case of Democratic lawmakers seeking to portray a Republican governor as a short-sighted skinflint — six of […]
Hillman isn't the only Pitt library that is coping with overcrowding >
March 14th, 1996Hillman Library's overcrowding has been well documented in news articles and reports to such groups as the Board of Trustees and Senate Council's plant utilization and planning committee. It also is readily apparent by the number of students who can be found sprawled on the library's floors studying because of seating sacrificed for additional shelving. […]
Chancellor search list down to 10, Roddey reports to Assembly >
March 14th, 1996The committee searching for a new Pitt chancellor has narrowed its list to 10 candidates, chairperson James C. Roddey told Faculty Assembly March 12. "We are down to 10. That could be eight or nine in another week or so as we really begin to press these candidates and tell them that we're going to […]