Strike Day Finals
With support staff on strike, you're the sole professor responsible for administering final exams to 500 anxious students. The Dean is breathing down your neck while picket lines block access to testing facilities. You have 30 minutes to devise a solution before the first exam block begins, or risk compromising academic integrity and your tenure track position.
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Popularity
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Difficulty
B1-B2
Scenario Overview
Your Role
Associate Professor of Economics
Conversation Partner
Dean Victoria Blackwood
Setting
Your cramped office, lit only by a flickering fluorescent light and the glow of emergency exit signs. Strike chants echo through the hallway.
Location
Marshall Hall, University of Commonwealth
Learning Objectives
Develop a viable testing solution for 500 students without access to testing facilities
Maintain academic integrity while avoiding union conflict
Protect your professional position and tenure prospects
About This Scenario
With support staff on strike, you're the sole professor responsible for administering final exams to 500 anxious students. The Dean is breathing down your neck while picket lines block access to testing facilities. You have 30 minutes to devise a solution before the first exam block begins, or risk compromising academic integrity and your tenure track position.
How It Starts
“Professor, I've just watched six news vans pull up to our main entrance. You have exactly 30 minutes to figure out how to test 500 students without compromising our academic standards. Your tenure committee meets next week. Choose your next words very carefully.”
This is how Dean Victoria Blackwood's greeting will start.
Practice Details
Scenario ID
#1122
Category
General
Location Tag
Marshall Hall, University of Commonwealth
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