Punishment

Ever wonder how colleges punish professors who don't toe the line? I got an e-mail from Ashland University warning us not to sign overload forms for our classes. Here's the threat:

Seriously overenrolling sections can result in penalties such as assigning you to teach 8:00 am sections at MedCentral for their winter and spring quarters.

"Seriously overenrolling" means one student over the limit—though I wonder who gets punished when the department chair manages to squeeze a couple of extras into my class at the last minute without asking me.