Thread by @TRyanGregory

The Provost at @uofg has never taught a course here at any level of any size.

I have taught >10,000 students, at every level from 1st year through 4th year and post-graduate. Huge lectures and small seminars, classroon/lab/field, in person and remote, solo and team taught.

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I think about this fact when I hear of possible decisions from the top like "cancel all courses with enrollments less than 15 students". I think about how I have taught courses with 400, 600, even 1,000 students, and other courses with 10 or 12.

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Some of the most impactful courses I have done -- for the students and for me as an educator and scholar -- have been in-depth, small discussion format courses and field courses. Those can be life-changing for students, lead to grad student recruitment, and inspire research.

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Only administrators with no real world experience at an insitution and no imagination would ever even consider a policy like that. Only arrogant micromanagers who have no trust in their people would refuse to let instructors and departments decide on such issues.

#SaveUofG

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