Sunday, February 4, 2007

teachers vs. administration

Last week, I learned that there were serious problems between the CSU teachers and the CSU administration. I spoke with a teacher regarding this issue and I learned a lot of interesting things. First, the administration at SJSU recently received a huge pay raise. I do not know how much of a raise they got, but I was told that some of them make upwards of $120,000 a year (compare this to some teachers that get $40,000 per year). Something is wrong with these numbers. Teachers directly interact with students and they help them earn their degrees while the administration sit in the office and increase the student's tuition so they can get a raise. Second, student tuition will be raised in the next couple of years. I do not know the exact number, but a 50% increase could be possible. I wonder where this money will go? I can take a guess...into the pockets of the administration. I think tuition should remain the same, but if it does go up, the teachers should get a raise. This situation at SJSU is probably going on in a lot of other colleges. It is ridiculous how the school officials and people involved in running the school are fighting over money. School is not about money, it is about the students. The students are the future and the administration should focus on us and not themselves. When these administrators say that they care about the students, most of them are lying because they are obviously only concerned with themselves. They are being very selfish and it looks bad to the students and it sets a bad example. I am just glad I have one more year left before I leave school and the politics involved

1 comment:

Brent Duka said...

students are the future? can you elaborate?