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I am a professor at a university. Unbelievably, all the classes offered by our math department (with roughly 100 different teachers) are scheduled by hand. Thi
by impendia 11y ago
I am a professor at a university. Unbelievably, all the classes offered by our math department (with roughly 100 different teachers) are scheduled by hand.
This takes a tremendous effort, and then when one class gets cancelled and one professor has to be reassigned to a different class, but she can only teach on Tuesday/Thursdays, it sets off a giant stack of dominoes...
Seriously, the amount and sheer drudgery of thankless admin work in my department makes me want to cultivate a reputation for disorganization and irresponsibility.
- PopeOfNope 11y agoBut will your university pay for a better solution? Most small universities, public or private, won't shell out the cash to solve that particular problem. Same thing goes with small hospitals, high schools and probably dozens of other public and private institutions.
- impendia 11y agoI wouldn't trust my university. Their IT department has the collective IQ of a toad. But individual departments have their own budget. If one faculty member says "I'll do the scheduling if you pay $500 for this software", and everyone else says "I'm too busy", then that $500's gonna get spent.
- mrfusion 11y agoI'd be up for solving that with a web app. Drop me an email if you want to chat about it.