tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post633025495019221426..comments2024-03-22T01:06:23.845-07:00Comments on Confessions of a College Professor: Administrative corruption, part 1Doomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04528555392898760692noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-84258007085261494482014-02-23T13:09:51.969-08:002014-02-23T13:09:51.969-08:00I've been going through each entry, starting f...I've been going through each entry, starting from the beginning. It's through sites like this that I've learned that what I experienced as an instructor at a technical college wasn't unique.<br /><br />Getting rid of faculty with bogus qualifications isn't all that easy in Canada. About a dozen years ago, a certain university went through that.<br /><br />It took the administration about 2 years to can her, much of it due to constant complaints by her students. There was ample evidence that she didn't know what she was teaching and that she had no background whatsoever in the field she was teaching in.<br /><br />It turned out that she had filched the degree from her ex-husband. She got around the fact that person named on it was male by claiming she used to be a man by virtue of a certain medical procedure. Apparently that wasn't a sufficiently convincing argument and she was eventually sacked.<br /><br />Her problems didn't end there. She was eventually convicted of fraud not just for passing off someone else's degree as her own but also for practicing in a profession she had no qualifications in.<br />Quarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-24975638507591717012014-02-23T08:23:45.122-08:002014-02-23T08:23:45.122-08:00I'm guessing you're pretty much going thro...I'm guessing you're pretty much going through every post; you'll find one that mentions how admin with bogus degrees get a free pass, while faculty with bogus degrees are taken out immediately.<br /><br />Again, it's just because accreditation didn't put any boundaries on admin.Doomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04528555392898760692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-30924332996578459502014-02-22T22:07:01.567-08:002014-02-22T22:07:01.567-08:00The institution I used to teach at wasn't free...The institution I used to teach at wasn't free of corruption, either.<br /><br />In my department, teaching and technical staff were hired from time to time while I was there. Quite often, the one thing those new hires had in common was being a personal acquaintance of the assistant department head. Coincidence? Maybe. One or two people I could accept, but at least five?<br /><br />Then there was the department head who resigned under mysterious circumstances. Later we found out that this person didn't have the qualification she claimed she had. Apparently, she began studies in the field for the degree in question but never finished. Soon after leaving, she began calling herself by the applicable title.<br /><br />Years later, certain parties caught on, things became rather complicated for her and she quit. Eventually, the long arm of the law caught up with her and she was convicted of fraud.<br /><br />Oddly enough, a year or so after that incident, I finished my second master's degree. When I brought a photocopy of it over to the personnel office to place it in my file, I was told by an official there that I needn't have bothered--I wasn't going to be paid more for it. I provided *proof* of a new credential and I was insulted for it.<br /><br />Nice place, eh?<br />Quarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.com