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Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY 9th) talks about the 33% jump in financial aid applications at CUNY and what the city, state, and federal governments are doing to help students afford higher education.
I'd like to get a copy of CUNY Transcript Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY 9th) talks about the 33% jump in financial aid applications at CUNY and what the city, state, and federal governments are doing to help students afford higher education. with
Apr. 16 2009 11:57 AM
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Jeanette
from Brooklyn
Kate, it's actually worse than that. At the CUNY school I am at, we are in a hiring freeze, so any retirees are not necessarily replaced, AND they are cutting Adjunct lines. So, no only is it harder to keep our all our full time lines (in my dept, we are waiting for approval for a professor that retired 2 years ago) we are also loosing our Adjuncts. Existing professors are having their classes stuffed. My husband, a Graduate Teaching Fellow, had one of his classes that was capped at 20 students stuffed with 40 this semester.
We've seen the CUNY wide budget slashed...and many of our facilities are in horrible disrepair. Our students don't even have decent chairs to sit on (and we've requested new ones over and over...and are finally getting 3, which is nice, but not enough). We have more interest than ever, but what can we offer? Not much. It's a shame.
Apr. 16 2009 11:06 AM
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Susan
from Kingston, New York
Like Kate says, CUNY keeps its costs down by not hiring tenured professors. In the end, we subsidize their savings.
Apr. 16 2009 11:00 AM
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Kate
from Brooklyn
I'm on the other side of this debate...a PhD looking for a professorship. I'd like to point out that Universities (CUNY included) are not hiring PhDs in tenure tracks as much...rather they are hiring us as adjuncts for very little money and little to no benefits OR just increasing class sizes. This is the case at Rutgers too...
Seems to me with more poeple going back to school there should also be an effort to increase tenure lines.
Apr. 16 2009 10:53 AM
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Phil
from Queens
Tony, you're a good Congressman, but more needs to be done on student loans. There is a looming crisis as many people have either defaulted or are on the verge of defaulting on student loans. Then their interest rate goes up by 3x or 4x. There are millions of people 20 - 40 (some older) who have student loans and unless they are reduced or forgiven these folks will never be able to buy a house or even a new car in the future. This will drastically hurt the economy. Many are merely late and that ruins their credit. The payment rules, interest rates and tax deductions for education as with medical care need to be immediately changed to help the people and the economy. People also need to be able to again declare bankruptcy. These rules need to be returned to the way they were when the founders put bankruptcy into our legal system early on. Bailouts and reorganization wasn't supposed to be for rich corporations trying to break their unions but, rather for small farmers and "workers" who just failed for legitimate reasons. Where is the relief for the middle and working classes??? You can do it Tony -- stand up to the big banks, no matter how much they have given to the Democrat Party around the country.
Apr. 16 2009 10:44 AM
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I'd like to get a copy of CUNY Transcript Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY 9th) talks about the 33% jump in financial aid applications at CUNY and what the city, state, and federal governments are doing to help students afford higher education. with
Kate, it's actually worse than that. At the CUNY school I am at, we are in a hiring freeze, so any retirees are not necessarily replaced, AND they are cutting Adjunct lines. So, no only is it harder to keep our all our full time lines (in my dept, we are waiting for approval for a professor that retired 2 years ago) we are also loosing our Adjuncts. Existing professors are having their classes stuffed. My husband, a Graduate Teaching Fellow, had one of his classes that was capped at 20 students stuffed with 40 this semester.
We've seen the CUNY wide budget slashed...and many of our facilities are in horrible disrepair. Our students don't even have decent chairs to sit on (and we've requested new ones over and over...and are finally getting 3, which is nice, but not enough). We have more interest than ever, but what can we offer? Not much. It's a shame.
Like Kate says, CUNY keeps its costs down by not hiring tenured professors. In the end, we subsidize their savings.
I'm on the other side of this debate...a PhD looking for a professorship. I'd like to point out that Universities (CUNY included) are not hiring PhDs in tenure tracks as much...rather they are hiring us as adjuncts for very little money and little to no benefits OR just increasing class sizes. This is the case at Rutgers too...
Seems to me with more poeple going back to school there should also be an effort to increase tenure lines.
Tony, you're a good Congressman, but more needs to be done on student loans. There is a looming crisis as many people have either defaulted or are on the verge of defaulting on student loans. Then their interest rate goes up by 3x or 4x. There are millions of people 20 - 40 (some older) who have student loans and unless they are reduced or forgiven these folks will never be able to buy a house or even a new car in the future. This will drastically hurt the economy. Many are merely late and that ruins their credit. The payment rules, interest rates and tax deductions for education as with medical care need to be immediately changed to help the people and the economy. People also need to be able to again declare bankruptcy. These rules need to be returned to the way they were when the founders put bankruptcy into our legal system early on. Bailouts and reorganization wasn't supposed to be for rich corporations trying to break their unions but, rather for small farmers and "workers" who just failed for legitimate reasons. Where is the relief for the middle and working classes??? You can do it Tony -- stand up to the big banks, no matter how much they have given to the Democrat Party around the country.
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