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Results of Professor’s Bold No Email Policy Enforcement Will Give You Something to Think About Spring-Serenity Duvall, an assistant professor at Salem College, was tired of spending hours and hours sifting through student emails that could be answered by what she had already covered in class, had been asked in class, or had simply already been written into the syllabus. So Duvall came up with a bold policy, one that she was a little nervous to enforce: No emails unless you are scheduling an in-person appointment. Duvall told the InsideHigherEd she experienced “unqualified success.” Students came to class better prepared and were turning in papers that were much higher quality. Her email inbox was less full, and her office hours and one-on-one time spent talking and bonding with students was the highest it had ever been in her academic career. She was, however, “afraid that maybe they were keeping their thoughts to themselves, and they would slam me on the evaluations on how much they hated the policy.” But not the case at all. On the contrary, students rated her availability as “excellent” and overall evaluations were higher than ever before, with many students citing that they felt Duvall genuinely cared for their education. Email is very convenient and fast, but for many situations, there really is nothing like talking things out face-to-face.

Sorry you did not like it, but I do not accept your characterization that I ever censored anyone's posts. I got plenty of feedback that disagreed with me, and never objected unless the post was abusive. Judy, who is also a mod here, often disagrees with me on politics, but we remain friends because we both value and respect each other.

I think I like the clerk's response. I assume she meant, ''You don't look that old" rather than "I don't think anyone born in that year could still be alive."

Isn't Drake wonderful? It is just full of surprises, and it seems every one of them increases efficiency. Increased efficiency = increased speed = increased profits. I like that math :)

But, what is the status if you carry the business check books out of the office and pay bills at the kitchen table. IMO, there really has to or should be some levity. I am not going to take down the picture of my mom, my granddaughter and myself. The first initials of the three of us form the name of my business. That isn't necessarily why I have it hanging in my office, but I do. So, what percentage will they disallow? Then, if I carry the checkbooks back into the office to pay bills, do I get points back? Just goes to show how silly some of these rules are. I believe in keeping everything in your back pocket and up your sleeve that you think may possibly be of help in any given situation.