WGA overthrows felony non-disclosure plan
Raj beri, WG'07
Issue date: 10/16/06 Section: Perspectives
In an overwhelming majority vote, Wharton students voted 96% against GND...for the faculty and the administration. The new policy, to go in effect immediately, effectively forces the faculty and powers that be at the Big W to disclose their grades, research performance, peer teaching reviews and criminal records to students, prospectives, alumni and ABP staff whenever asked. The results of the vote quickly spread through Huntsman Hall and sounds of shock, anger and dismay filled the Faculty Club at the Inn at Penn. "This is ridiculous," commented one OPIM professor, "I teach at Wharton. I got in here didn't I? Why do I need to disclose my grades to snotty nosed 20 and 30 something's?" Other faculty members were more scared than angry. A professor who teaches one of the "fluffy" Management of People at Work type courses at Wharton lamented, "It's hard enough to fill my class now. It's usually a few Finance majors who want a course with no work and the five members of the Organizational Behavior club. My college grades kinda sucked too, so I'm worried about students wanting a smarter professor. My wife will kill me if I don't get tenure. She just got lipo and needs some other work done, so I need the money. And I have a PhD in history so it's not like I'm employable at many other places." The new policy, among other things, will give students the opportunity to peruse faculty members' transcripts and other records before deciding to bid on their classes in the auction. The hope is that soon, professors' grades, SAT scores and past unlawful indiscretions will be built into the online auction system.
Admits will also have access to all professors' grades at Welcome Weekend to help them make an informed decision on whether to come to the school. "I think it's a great idea", quipped one prospective from the UK, "I mean, if I'm going to invest $120 K and two years of my life here, I want to make sure the professor teaching me MGEC didn't get 1250 on his SAT or a B in any of his college courses. If I wanted that I could do the online degree thing at Devry." The administration is also worried about the ripple effects this will have on the Wharton culture. One senior member of the administration was overheard complaining, "I already see the faculty spending too much time preparing for lectures, having office hours and all in all sucking up to students so they will attend their classes. Hello, what about research? That's where the bling is at. What makes Wharton what it is, is that the faculty and administration are involved in other aspects like collaborative research, advisory panels, cover-ups of fellow professor's indiscretions, etc. Not having GND is really going to affect our open and collaborative culture."
Admits will also have access to all professors' grades at Welcome Weekend to help them make an informed decision on whether to come to the school. "I think it's a great idea", quipped one prospective from the UK, "I mean, if I'm going to invest $120 K and two years of my life here, I want to make sure the professor teaching me MGEC didn't get 1250 on his SAT or a B in any of his college courses. If I wanted that I could do the online degree thing at Devry." The administration is also worried about the ripple effects this will have on the Wharton culture. One senior member of the administration was overheard complaining, "I already see the faculty spending too much time preparing for lectures, having office hours and all in all sucking up to students so they will attend their classes. Hello, what about research? That's where the bling is at. What makes Wharton what it is, is that the faculty and administration are involved in other aspects like collaborative research, advisory panels, cover-ups of fellow professor's indiscretions, etc. Not having GND is really going to affect our open and collaborative culture."
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