Sartor Resartus

Emperor's Clothing

Curriculum maps allow institutional programs to respond
to increased oversight of outcomes by accrediting agencies,
funders, students, and employers. They also help faculty
members to move beyond their individual, separate spheres
and to engage with one another in a meaningful discussion
of how the complete combination of their courses can add
up to a more meaningful overall learning experience for students

Let this specimen represent  IT.  (Do I have to be spelling IT out?)

In the story, the little boy announced and announced that the
Emperor's bare butt was not concealed by the fine clothing. 
Transparent.

It's not clear whether his insistence was heroic or foolish. It
could go either way.  Everyone in the community knew of the
transparency and were going along with it, how not to? --an
unspoken conspiracy to sustain appearances. 

To call IT out, however may be naive. Demoralizing: an act of
subversion with  nothing left to maintain the sustainability of
ongoing new-clothes-compliance, supporting the
convenience of convention and generalized
measurable standards & increased
oversight of outcomes by
accredit-able agencies
funders-, students
& employers.

Or at least the language. The sound. THAT at least might
be called into question.  Up for tweaking.

(Have you ever considered why we haven't  assessed
and evaluated how much a minute's worth of class
contact time costs each student- tuition-wise?
The economics of higher ed: in-put/out-put
awareness.)  . 

Much might be said on both sides, of course. It's quite possible
for many if not most, this kind  of  clothing covers emperor-ass,
quite well & no one butt  me finds  it disturbing, a bit  worrisome--
dismaying, troublesome--well, at least worth putting in play.
.
Praying  for a smoke free campus.
xxxooo, Sam