Bollinger and Provost Nancy Cantor addressed the new faculty during an orientation program sponsored by the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching that included a series of workshops and an information fair. But don't let that bother you. Sharing an instance early in his teaching career in which he cited the wrong case in a commercial transactions law course, Bollinger said he still makes mistakes. When I make mistakes, I try to laugh at myself. I'm amazed at how responsible faculty are for their classes.
People respond to their responsibilities and duties in ways unparalleled in the world.
It is critical that that continue. You will be the carriers of the new way to do it. When she first joined the U-M in 1981, Cantor gave up after a couple of weeks of trying to define the culture of the institution. The canons, traditions, automatic habits truly need to be challenged. Only someone from the outside can do this.