[22696] in APO-L
Re: [APO-L] Greetings and questions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ken Hunter)
Thu Jun 6 12:37:54 2002
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 11:37:51 -0500
Reply-To: Ken Hunter <kwh_apo@hotmail.com>
From: Ken Hunter <kwh_apo@hotmail.com>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
National Review mangazine did an article a few weeks ago about the impact of
undergrads who spend more than 4 years in state schools. They mentioned the
fact that this issue was the focus of efforts made by a recently-hired
Chancellor of Colorado's university system. While they did point out that
part of the problem is the fact that some students choose to stay longer,
the main issue is that not enough courses are avilable for students to
graduate on-time.
In Colorado, it appears that they found out that many professors were hardly
teaching courses, and that few of them actually taught the courses students
needed to graduate. The chancellor was able to increase the number of
courses available by forcing the professors to increase their teaching
loads.
Coming from TN, where most professors do teach 9-12 hour loads each
semester, I often laugh at the loads faced by professors in other states
(seems like the average is 6 hours, or 2 classes, in other states).
As for students who take more than 4 years, I feel that we are talking
mainly about full-time, traditional students. Non-traditional students
don't use as many auxillary services (dorms, dining halls, health care,
etc.) as traditional students, so their costs to the system (and taxpayers)
are much less. If a full-time traditional were to choose to take more than
4 (or 5) years, I do believe that they should pay more if they go to a state
school. That way, the taxpayers are not forced to pay as much for the
student's choice. Remember, taxpayers are subsidizing the college education
of many of us (including me).
In L, F, and S,
Kenneth Hunter
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