Posted on 04/08/2020 6:59:34 AM PDT by CheshireTheCat
You’d think public universities would appreciate the fact that mandatory online classes during the COVID-19 outbreak are less valuable than in-person learning, where they can build professional connections and take advantage of networking opportunities.
Oregon State University does not appreciate that fact.
The taxpayer-funded institution’s Board of Trustees is raising tuition on incoming undergraduates by 3.2 percent as a purported compromise, The Daily Barometer reports. Trustees considered three options at a Friday teleconference:
(Excerpt) Read more at thecollegefix.com ...
I expect many colleges to raise tuition for new students, and many students to choose community colleges in response.
I suspect that this hiatus will be part of the demise of the universities as they have come to be. I am so hopeful of this. Nothing would do our country more good. They are cesspools of irrationality and societal wreckage.
and their football team sucks. GO HUSKIES
Combine the teams to result in the Huskie Beavers ... though PETA would probably be offended.
Nice that they label their wimmen
I notice now they just put “Beavs”.
Damn PC.
Better off learning a skilled trade. Those jobs mostly can’t be exported and can be the bases for starting a business.
Only the first of the many price rises that are coming. Concomitant with the recession, we are going to have steep inflation.
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