Chico State has implemented a Pathways. It sounds different, but it is still a bureaucratic sink hole.
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 6:05 AM, Julio Huato <[email protected]> wrote: > I signed this national petition. > > I urge you to do the same. > > > > Please sign this national petition calling for a moratorium on the > implementation of Pathways at CUNY. And please consider forwarding the > petition to your professional networks throughout the nation and the world. > > This is a watershed moment for higher education. The “reform” agenda that > brought relentless testing and widespread privatization to K-12 schools has > surfaced in higher education. Forty years of public policy focused on access > to college is being replaced by a single-minded demand for increased > graduation rates—whatever the cost in academic quality. > > The battle for educational quality is being fought hard by faculty and staff > at The City University of New York (CUNY), long a focal point in struggles > for educational justice. > > CUNY’s educational mission is under attack. Chancellor Matthew Goldstein and > the CUNY Board of Trustees, led by Benno Schmidt, Jr., are trying to impose > a diluted system of general education, “Pathways,” that seeks to save money > at the expense of students’ learning. Facing intense faculty resistance, the > CUNY administration has resorted to threats and intimidation. Under the > pretext of easing student transfer and increasing graduation rates, Pathways > will deliver a minimal curriculum for CUNY’s working-class students: it > removes science lab requirements, limits foreign language requirements, and > cuts back on faculty time with students in English classes. Pathways is an > attempt to move students through the system more quickly even as budgets are > cut—by reducing academic requirements. Pathways is austerity education for > an austerity economy. > > With your help, we can defeat Pathways and achieve a victory for educational > quality that could have national implications. Please add your voice to ours > by signing this national petition and take a stand for the integrity of > higher education. > > Barbara Bowen President, Professional Staff Congress/CUNY > > Terrence Martell Chair, University Faculty Senate > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 530 898 5321 fax 530 898 5901 http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
