Since the shootings at Virginia Tech, most of the attention on college campuses is on trying to identify students who may become violent. I've said at meetings at our college that this is only part of the problem; the other part is with disgruntled employees. The point was made recently when a tenured professor down at the University of Alabama killed three colleagues. Now the Ohio State University has also experienced a shooting involving employees. At this time, the motives for the shooting are unknown.
Faculty and staff are under great pressure to meet increasing demands from students and administrators to do more. At my college, record enrollment has created huge parking problems. Students and faculty alike are finding it impossible to find convenient parking during peak hours. This has lead to frustration from students that are late or miss class simply because they can't find parking. Faculty and staff are not exempt from the parking hassles. The result is additional stress in the classrooms as students try to negotiate with faculty to make-up missed work and faculty try to sort out those who legitimately missed class versus those that are just lazy. The parking situation shows no sign of improving this academic year and may get worse as sewer line project takes out part of one of our parking lots. Faculty are struggling with converting from our 5 term system to semesters. Faculty are required to still teach a full load while trying to convert their courses and curriculum. The frustrations for faculty and students are only going to get worse.
Shooting at Ohio State kills 1, wounds 2 | cincinnati.com | Cincinnati.Com
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