This article on timeshighereducation.co.uk is maybe one of the funniest things I read the past weeks at the same time its saddening as it relates to many things that I recognize as possible happening or happening.

Just check the different acronyms:

• Journal of Knowledge Evaluation (Joke),
• the Student and Teacher Assessment and Survey Institute (Stasi)
• Workplace Agency for Success and Teaching Excellence (Waste)
• Committees on the Recording and Assessment of Professors (Crap)
• Survey To Understand Professors’ Interactional Dynamics (Stupid)
• Meeting Evaluation and Satisfaction Survey (Mess)
• Meeting Assessment Devices (Mad)
• Public Assessment of Best Learning Utilisation Measures (Pablum)
• Standing Committee to Review and Evaluate Wardrobe and Employee Dress (Screwed)

The result is phrases like this:

“Upon completion, Stupid will be forwarded to Crap for analysis and feedback and then passed on to Waste for administrative action and archiving.”