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Students who cannot afford formal education are being scammed by the faculty and staff for their personal benefit.
Don't blame the faculty and staff. They are caught in the middle of it. The idea that everyone needs to go to college leads to larger enrollments, but with many students who are unprepared. Combine that with the move to funding that is based on the performance (read graduation rates) of students, and faculty are squeezed in the middle, being asked to graduate more students who are less prepared, all while maintaining high standards. I suppose it's a typical case of "do more with less". This leads to the implementation of remediation programs, which should have little to no place in higher education.
Meanwhile, the push to do more with less leads to more classes being taught by part-time and temporary instructors. They are really being screwed over, and if you want a good description of that, look at this article https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/06/in-the-basement-of-the-ivory-tower/306810/ or the book version of it https://www.amazon.com/Basement-Ivory-Tower-Truth-College/dp/0143120298.
I disagree strongly. Temporary Instructors aside, the full-time faculty and staff together IS the university. It is them who defines what the university will be by the selection of the students they admit. It is them who decide who and what get resources. It is them who decide what is taught and what is not. It is them who decides the general environment of learning in their institution...
Look at
two examples here to see
the different ends of the spectrum (With in mind that so called "micro aggression" are the no-noes and thus not compatible with their university):
This is considered "Micro Aggression" by UCSC (University of California, Santa Cruz):“I believe the most qualified person should get the job.”
“Everyone can succeed in this society, if they work hard enough”
“I don’t believe in race.”
“Men and women have equal opportunities for achievement.”
“America is a melting pot.”
“You speak English very well.”
Dismissing an individual who brings up race/culture in work/school setting.
Use of the pronoun “he” to refer to all people
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If they, the faculty and staffs are not the ones responsible for this idiocy, then who? Can you expect a real education in an environment such as this? What field can a mind numbed and caged individual Major in within a "learning" environment these "micro aggression" defined?
I have no objection from UCSC's nonsense. Federal Student Loans are in part tax funded. I do have an objection in public funding student to attend university dispensing such nonsense. The world is unkind to stupidity. Adding insults to injury, the student will have to pay back a loan that funded their mind atrophy.
On the other hand, the University of Chicago's open letter to incoming freshman from the Office of the Dean of Students:Dear Class of 2020 Student:
Welcome and congratulations on your acceptance...
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You will find that we expect members of our community to be engaged in rigorous debate, discussion, and even disagreement. At times this may challenge you and even cause discomfort.
Our commitment to academic freedom means that we do not support so-called “trigger warnings,” we do not cancel invited speakers because their topics might prove controversial, and we do not condone the creation of intellectual “safe spaces” where individuals can retreat from ideas and perspectives at odds with their own.
Fostering the free exchange of ideas reinforces a related University priority—building a campus that welcomes people of all backgrounds. Diversity of opinion and background is a fundamental strength of our community.
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I wish everyone who wanted to attend university can attend a university as mind-opening as what U of Chicago has defined for itself.
The UCSC list of micro agression is here:
https://academicaffairs.ucsc.edu/events/documents/Microaggressions_Examples_Arial_2014_11_12.pdfThe U of Chicago letter is here:
https://news.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/Dear_Class_of_2020_Students.pdf