Finish the job already

Editor:

Crews came in last month to install electronic screens and a projector to turn Room 106 of McCreless Hall into a smart screen, then left without connecting the power or installing new locks to protect the hefty investment.

I can only assume that the school has already purchased the kiosks that include writing tablets and computers. The lack of these tools is starting to hamper our learning.

Professor Gerald Busald, in my intro to statistics class, has an old style transparency projector and a calculator screen that he projects above the board. Citizens have been taxed and the money collected, yet the only difference we see is Mr. Busald has to adjust the overhead so it isn’t cut off by the nonfunctioning electric screen.

Why has it taken a month to get crews who seem to be everywhere here on campus remodeling other sites to finish a job half finished?

Wood Johnson

Liberal Arts Sophomore

Put administrators in classroom

Editor:

When I was in business school, the “case study” method was widely used. One of my favorites came from the airline industry; in those days, the airlines were growing and profitable.

The CEO of a major airline had a unique method for staffing airport counter jobs when regulars were on vacation: the positions were manned by senior managers, VPs and the like.

Imagine, bonus and stock option guys hollering “next” and straining over big suitcases.

The CEO’s thinking was razor sharp: I want my executives to know the customer from real, face-to-face contact, not from cold data delivered to some carpeted office, far from the flight line. Now I have a version of this case study for the Alamo Colleges: each senior administrator — let’s say deans and up — should be required to teach a freshman course every so many years. District administrators most of all!

Those whose academic specialty doesn’t accommodate can teach MATH 0300: They can handle it. Our administrators can never have too much information about students; face-to-face in the classroom is a unique and indispensable source.

Thomas C. Friday

Business Professor

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