tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post3366145934839947546..comments2024-03-15T01:11:32.832-07:00Comments on Bardiac: CutBardiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-29815818799117067212015-04-29T20:45:54.394-07:002015-04-29T20:45:54.394-07:00This is so true -- that we need the administration...This is so true -- that we need the administration people, unless faculty do everything. And that the cuts are hard on everyone. And soon they will be hard on students. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716705206734059708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-13856296222312959482015-04-29T07:24:36.862-07:002015-04-29T07:24:36.862-07:00I feel so badly for your friend. This is getting r...I feel so badly for your friend. This is getting ridiculous. As you say, some positions can go. How about VP of Assessment? (Not a real job. Yet).Nikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15795554401570611521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-79134957436821431332015-04-29T07:00:31.965-07:002015-04-29T07:00:31.965-07:00Oof, I'm sorry to hear about your friend. And ...Oof, I'm sorry to hear about your friend. And yes, we need both administrators and faculty to make institutions possible.What Now?https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221008082872963036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-47855145959538576862015-04-29T06:40:19.563-07:002015-04-29T06:40:19.563-07:00We're offering far fewer summer classes this s...We're offering far fewer summer classes this summer, and I've had so many students in my office to complain about it. "Why?" they demand. "WHY are you doing this to us?"<br /><br />"It's not us," I explain. "It's the state legislature. They cut our funding."<br /><br />"Well, why --"<br /><br />"Because voters elected Tea Party Republicans in overwhelming numbers to the State Legislature at midterms, and --"<br /><br />"Oh, I don't really follow politics."<br /><br />At which point I grit my teeth really hard, and then say, as civilly as I can, "Yes, that's the problem. People don't follow politics, do they. So no one votes in the midterms except the rabidly Conservative voters, and so the rabid Conservative politicians end up taking control of the Legislature, and we have vicious budget cuts to education."<br /><br />My students gape at me.<br /><br />"And that's why we can't have nice things," I conclude.<br />delagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18197857250240640822noreply@blogger.com