Re:Screwed up incentives in higher education
by whimsy on Saturday November 27, 2010 @06:28AM
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>If a student was going to strike, he would waste all the money he had put in that semester. Hence, there is no way to protest against bad teaching.
Too true.
There's a pretty big strike movement growing in the California school system. Strikes aren't continuous, but there has been a few rather large actions.
It doesn't seem to be working - tuition has increased at UCs 42.56% over the last year alone. (Last ~Nov, a 32% increase in tuition was approved by the UC Regents; this year, another 8% this month.) Despite the massive tuition increases, classes and professors - and in some cases entire departments - continue to face the chopping block.
Oddly, there doesn't seem to be a plurality of student support - most students I've talked with are against the protests.
Too true.
There's a pretty big strike movement growing in the California school system. Strikes aren't continuous, but there has been a few rather large actions.
It doesn't seem to be working - tuition has increased at UCs 42.56% over the last year alone. (Last ~Nov, a 32% increase in tuition was approved by the UC Regents; this year, another 8% this month.) Despite the massive tuition increases, classes and professors - and in some cases entire departments - continue to face the chopping block.
Oddly, there doesn't seem to be a plurality of student support - most students I've talked with are against the protests.