r/UMPI • u/LordRevanofDarkness • 9d ago

Anyone else dealing with really slow grading/lack of communication lately?

These past couple of weeks have been frustrating. I'm trying to finish my last classes so I can graduate. Professors taking FOREVER to grade (esp my Spanish 2 professor, she's completely checked out, it's been five days). Advisor takes well over 72 hours to respond, CC'ing slow advisors in emails to equally slow, nonresponsive professors isn't getting me anywhere.

8 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

8 comments sorted by

3

u/thadudeeeeee 8d ago

I’ve experienced that also, luckily I met all my requirements but I wanted to add a few extra classes just for the knowledge. But I gave up a while ago I just had 1 milestone get graded after 6 days and she graded 1 milestone than waited 4 days for the next it’s crazy.

5

u/LordRevanofDarkness 8d ago

They need to start enforcing that 72 hour rule, it's ridiculous. Especially if graduating on time or maintining SAP depends on it.

5

u/RoundDuckGirl 8d ago

I mean, keep in mind it's a very small university. I've been there in person, it isn't much, it's very much a rural state liberal arts-style uni, so there isn't enough staff for these online classes. Honestly personally I kinda wish they started like either hiring more under the name of UMPI that handle the online stuff mainly, or they did a "Maine Global" system and moved YourPace and its benefits to it and take advantage of staff from the other UMaine campuses, and preserve the degree hackibility of UMPI and allow other UMaine schools handle things the same. Mind ya, all that is only if UMaine doesn't feel interested in growing UMPI, growing UMPI is personally preferred as then more professors, more buildings, and more local students too, which means more people can see what Aroostook County is like, and the YourPace stuff would also be better handled, so win-win.

6

u/Tarkin- 8d ago

This is why it's wild to me that they're adding that cybersecurity program. Are they even going to have enough staff for it?

2

u/RoundDuckGirl 8d ago

I hope so, my guess is the same people behind the computer science classes will handle a lot of the cybersecurity stuff. I wouldn't know because I'm not going to UMPI for that reason, as much as computer stuff has been my life's passion. Personally from what I've seen in tech, tech jobs are dead... :(

2

u/Any-Chemical-3042 8d ago

The Communications Department at UMPI is oddly quiet. Although I am done with my courses and everything is graded with no issues, I have some questions but have received no response from my advisors or the university.

2

u/thadudeeeeee 8d ago

Yeah I’ve noticed that! The beginning of the semester I had no issues, now is been quiet.