Comments on: Academic Advising Facepalm http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/11/04/academic-advising-facepalm/ I will not fix your computer. Tue, 04 Aug 2020 22:34:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.26 By: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/11/04/academic-advising-facepalm/#comment-10820 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:37:04 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/11/04/academic-advising-facepalm/#comment-10820

@vacri: That would work, if I was a tenured professor. I don’t think anyone in that organization gives a flying fuck what adjuncts think of the procedures. There is usually more adjuncts wanting to teach than there are open courses. :P

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By: Tatti http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/11/04/academic-advising-facepalm/#comment-10819 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:12:18 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/11/04/academic-advising-facepalm/#comment-10819

We have three or four platforms to register with the different courses. You’d think a University would be more organized :)

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By: Andrea http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/11/04/academic-advising-facepalm/#comment-10769 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:15:39 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/11/04/academic-advising-facepalm/#comment-10769

Wow… makes me wonder what’s going on at my University :(

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By: vacri http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/11/04/academic-advising-facepalm/#comment-10595 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:31:13 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/11/04/academic-advising-facepalm/#comment-10595

Get a few of your buddies together, write a letter saying that it’s too much of an increase in workload plus citing privacy and validation concerns, and refuse to enter data until the system is streamlined and secured (which really wouldn’t take much)

In effect, grab a bunch of buddies and go on strike – it’s their job to get this done, not yours. Offer to continue using the old system until the new one is up to scratch.

If you never make a noise about it, it’ll stick with you forever.

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By: Steve http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/11/04/academic-advising-facepalm/#comment-10593 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:25:06 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/11/04/academic-advising-facepalm/#comment-10593

Jesus. Designed-by-committee no doubt. Priceless.

Want to see something equally frightening. Take a look at a SAP form. Here’s a multi-billion dollar company that can’t do a GUI correctly.

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