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Wednesday, April 19, 2006
What professors have to look forward to
Be Polite, E-Polite
Two faculty members at the University of Oregon have added “netiquette” to the syllabus.
Lamia N. Karim, an assistant anthropology professor, had gotten more than enough e-mails from students asking for directions to the library, or the bookstore, she said. So when she picked up a February New York Times article entitled “To: Professor@University.edu Subject: Why It’s All About Me,” the next step became clear.
The article is about how close e-mail has brought students and professors. So close, that students take the liberty of filling professors’s in-boxes with everything from criticisms of classmates to grade venting and questions about how to shop for school supplies.
Read the whole story here.
Posted by Will at April 19, 2006 07:14 PM in Academia