Mizzou going full Big Brother

Some sick frick in security will use this to track down an attractive chick by herself and it will be nixed in a heartbeat.

So, so fricking messed up.

That ought to be taken to court. That is un-American as hell.

I’m a professor.

I don’t take attendance.

I have hard data showing that there’s a direct correlation between my students who attend class and those who don’t—to say nothing of the fact that part of their grade is comprised of thinking critically, taking a stance, citing research, and arguing their opinions with me throughout the semester.

I tell my students each semester: You’re adults.
If you decide that coming to class isn’t your jam—despite paying serious $ jack to do so—that’s your call.
I couldn’t give less of a lick.

I like Mizzou a great deal.
But the day my academic freedom as a professor is limited that severely by my institution is the day I bounce.

Should be a requirement for exchange students and illegal for every American student.

No White kid should have attended after the events of 2015 anyway.

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Their enrollment about to shrink further.

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the enrollment has skyrocket over the last 3 years, its not like it was when the protest happened.

The last twenty years society has take a 5 year step back in its expectations. College kids are now treated like high schoolers. High schoolers like middle schoolers. Middle schoolers like children. Children like Arkansas graduates.

It’s academic push down.

There are many students who are enrolled in institutions of higher education who shouldn’t be—all in the name of, ”everyone should go to college.”


I’m not going to hijack this thread by opining about why that couldn’t be more incorrect.
A vocational career is as important—if not more so—as a college degree.

Universities used to be about teaching people how to think, solve problems, philosophize, etc.
Now they’re largely about job preparation.
That’s not what higher ed is about.

Education—from PreK to post-secondary has lost its collective way.

This may shock people, but Barstool Sports doesn't exactly present the most balanced article. The KC Star is the outlet that "broke" the story, and says that there are dozens of other institutions that do the same thing, including UNC and Duke. There's no mandatory penalty for not attending class, and the app (according to everyone) doesn't track you so much as log when you enter an area covered by one of their beacons (which are put in each classroom). It's a way to manage attendance other than putting out a sign-in sheet. For the professors, they can opt in or out, and even if they opt in, it's to give them data about who is showing up to class. If they choose to use that to grade based on attendance in any way, that's completely up to them.

I get it's potentially a slippery slope, but really doesn't seem like a big deal.