Uc Berkley Case Analysis
Overall what is happening in the CUNY system and UC Berkley is unfair. We grow up learning that in order to get a stable, reliable, salary is through education. While there are the few objections to this, majority of people attend high school and now more than ever, attend college. However, the reality of this is that a permanent salary as a teacher is less frequent. We pile on more and more college debt in the hopes of obtaining a degree for the job we desire. The reality of the situation is that these jobs may not be permanent. For example, in colleges such as UC Berkley and the CUNY system, administration would rather replace teachers who are retiring or have yet to tenure with adjunct teachers. While adjunct teachers are highly capable, which is the reason I think CUNY didn’t have the same problem as UC
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It is hard to put your heart and soul into something when you may not be returning the next year. The quality of education isn’t exactly the same. Labeling this as a financial crisis isn’t really the truth. Increasing the cost of tuition should go towards increasing education. However, the move seems to be geared more towards profit and cutting cost. This current problem is actually bigger than it seems. According to the text, these demonstrations are in response to different facets of capitalism’s attack on the working class. The reasons demonstrations like this aren’t successful is because there isn’t enough unity. For a successful change to occur the assistance of undergraduate students, teaching assistants, lecturers, faculty, service workers and staff need to begin to meet towards a common goal. For success, dense networks
It is hard to put your heart and soul into something when you may not be returning the next year. The quality of education isn’t exactly the same. Labeling this as a financial crisis isn’t really the truth. Increasing the cost of tuition should go towards increasing education. However, the move seems to be geared more towards profit and cutting cost. This current problem is actually bigger than it seems. According to the text, these demonstrations are in response to different facets of capitalism’s attack on the working class. The reasons demonstrations like this aren’t successful is because there isn’t enough unity. For a successful change to occur the assistance of undergraduate students, teaching assistants, lecturers, faculty, service workers and staff need to begin to meet towards a common goal. For success, dense networks