Princeton prides itself on being an institution devoted to the needs of its undergraduate student population. One part of this commitment is the emphasis that the University places on small class sizes through both seminars and precepts that complement larger ...(back to the article)
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Amen! Why Princeton chose to go after a huge part of the classroom experience and make it worse, instead trying a bit harder to find another area in which to "tighten the belt" is beyond me.
I agree. If Princeton needs to cut costs, there are plenty of frills they could get rid of or reduce without sacrificing the quality of our education, the reason we're here in the first place
If the university needs to reduce costs, try dialing down the heat in my room instead of the quality of my classes.
The educational experience should be the top priority in tough times. But it looks like its the first to suffer for the bottom line. Is this a university or an investment bank?
@class size matters -- exactly. There's no excuse for compromising the undergraduate educational experience unless the university is actually going bankrupt. Yes, the endowment has taken a hit, but we're not exactly impoverished here.
Hmmm...I have 8 in my precept...
If the administration put all tenured faculty back in the classroom--even to teach one undergrad precept a year (a YEAR!)--there would be no precept problem.
Ha! There would be a revolt. REVOLT.
actually all tenured faculty do have to teach precepts, and the U just made them teach more precepts
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