Well, they DID gloat that they were going to make us more like Europe. Now we can have our own population of over-educated & underemployed yoots who riot at the drop of a hat.
Hmmm... From a state legistlator's perspective, though, I could see how this makes a lot of sense. The state pays CC professors to teach a class, and it pays the same amount whether there are 25 people or 30 people. The marginal effect on parking/utilities/cleaning/etc of adding 100-200 people on that large a campus is negligable. Given that, the marginal cost of letting those 100-200 people in partially-full classes is zero. More work for the professor, but c'est la vie.
Providing a public good (a more skilled workforce) without changing costs for the taxpayer (albeit imposing a cost on the professor) doesn't seem like such a stupid idea.
I give up.
ReplyDeleteWork? Surely the downtrodden masses deserve freebies!
ReplyDeleteWell, they DID gloat that they were going to make us more like Europe. Now we can have our own population of over-educated & underemployed yoots who riot at the drop of a hat.
ReplyDeleteHmmm... From a state legistlator's perspective, though, I could see how this makes a lot of sense. The state pays CC professors to teach a class, and it pays the same amount whether there are 25 people or 30 people. The marginal effect on parking/utilities/cleaning/etc of adding 100-200 people on that large a campus is negligable. Given that, the marginal cost of letting those 100-200 people in partially-full classes is zero. More work for the professor, but c'est la vie.
ReplyDeleteProviding a public good (a more skilled workforce) without changing costs for the taxpayer (albeit imposing a cost on the professor) doesn't seem like such a stupid idea.