boingboing -- This is how you do it.
A faculty member at the University of Florida has been placed on administrative leave following the release of a video that shows him behaving erratically while teaching.
That's the lead from Gainesville Sun staff writer Jack Stripling's article on the UF professor who was "placed on paid administrative leave in September."
Notice the complete lack of words like "baked"? Stripling describes the behavior without making wild guesses about the cause.
The professor is now on paid leave while UF officials decide what to do. How did UF officials become aware of the issue? Not from students:
Associate Dean Andy McCollough said Hall's suspension was not tied to complaints received by students, and that Hall had been the recipient of teaching awards since he joined UF's faculty in 1998. "No student came to me and said something's wrong," he said. "I had the opportunity to observe these particular classes, and I was concerned about what I observed."
I wonder why he decided to watch those tapes out of the blue? Apparently....
10/3 Update: The student newspaper has the story. Here's a snip:
Complaints by some of Hall's students prompted the lecturer's suspension, said Kyle Cavanaugh, vice president of human resources. Cavanaugh and the business college's administration are looking into the incident to determine whether Hall will be fired.
