In response to my post of last night, here's a response from Nicole Skwarek,
from Worth Publishers (they publish Dave Myers' texts):
In order to verify that an instructor is legitimate, we normally have the
instructor investigated to make sure they are employed by the school.
Sometimes, it may be going online to see if a professor is on the school's
website, or it may be by calling the department secretary or someone at the
school to verify employment.
Beth Benoit
Granite State College
Concord NH
----- Original Message -----
From: Beth Benoit
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 9:12 PM
Subject: [tips] Re: The student as a con.
I'd assume then that he was also given the Test Banks. That should be
grounds for expulsion. What an excuse. Who can afford them?
My experience with the textbook publishers is that they seem to be very
careful about checking IDs before sending anything. They check with the
Administration if they don't already know me, as when I choose a new textbook.
I'm surprised publishers would be so stupid. I have a good relationship with a
couple of the reps, and I think it might be interesting to find out just what
their guidelines are. I'll let you know...
Beth Benoit
Granite State College
Concord NH
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Sylvester
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 9:00 PM
Subject: [tips] The student as a con.
At one of the colleges I taught at,a student was able to get free textbooks
by pretending to be arofessor.He would add PhD
to his name and asks for complimentary copies.Packages were being delivered
to that guy's apartment all throughout
his college career.
He told me that he could not afford the cash to buy all those books.
Would this be an example of practical intelligence?
Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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