What Happened When the Dean’s Office Stopped Sending Emails After-Hours (The Chronicle of Higher Education)

"'But nighttime is when I catch up on email,' said a colleague, with some dismay, when we initially proposed our new approach to curbing email communications within our arts-and-sciences college."—Source: Chronicle of Higher Education

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WHY THIS MATTERS:

Timing is everything. By changing the rules on when folks in the dean's office should and should not send e-mail, the University of Michigan has taken some pressure off of faculty members.