LIFE IS HARD AND DEADLINES AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE.

Predictably, a "faculty development specialist" called Jordan Davis devotes a column in the house organ for all wokeness, all the time, to argue "Faculty Are Bringing Corporate Culture Into the Classroom" isn't helping students.

What, instead?

There’s a clear value to embedding clinical rotations, business apprenticeships and education practicums in curricula. I support guest speakers, alumni panels and worksite visits for students to learn directly from experts. I’m all for job shadowing, client-based projects and scenario-based activities where students take on professional roles. The value of these engagements, I think, is to give students realistic, human-centered practice in solving ethical, ideological, logistical, creative and rhetorical challenges in their disciplines. In educational settings, these priorities should come well above meeting deadlines.

Being flexible as an instructor can be challenging, but it is possible, with instructors able to choose among many options for flexible deadline policies, whether they are teaching large or small classes. Let’s not allow the urge to turn our classrooms into the workplace—whether for simplicity’s sake or for the illusion of accountability—to detract from our top responsibility: making learning happen.

Right.  "Business as usual. Senior administrators and their enrollment managers can congratulate themselves on their inclusiveness (read admitting unprepared students and calling it access) and U.S. News continue to sell their guides."