Asa 002 A02
week 4
I was unaware of the two different responses from the two UC's stated in the article, A Tale of Two Campuses... It opened my eyes on the corporatization of universities and how some universities are not there for there purpose, education, but rather for profits. I always thought of college as an another step to becoming successful and a place to learn things that you can apply to life. However, the things that i have experienced in this university is how much money i am losing to be here. For example, books that are "mandatory" in a class for eighty dollars, could really be found online for twenty. There were instances where i feel that this university does not want to educate, but rather take money from those who want to learn. Also, based on "Block Joy's Whistleblower", I feel like there are actions being taken behind the scenes of the university that are illegal and unethical. These types of actions makes the system worse off and degrades the education of students as well. Cutting funds and programs to profit more or make up for loss revenue is something that is very unethical. I think that school has lost its purpose when it focuses on making money over education. Kids who are out-of-state or international pay a way higher fee than those who are domestic. However, in my experience, i have seen students who have low merits that still have been accepted to this university. It makes a person wonder if these students really worked there way here, or if they got here because of their finances.
Questions: What kinds of people are placed in the university system to stop unethical or illegal behavior?
References:
Markow, A., 2011. "A Tale of Two Campuses: Berkeley and Davis respond to occupy movement." Retrieved from https://ivn.us/2011/12/19/a-tale-of-two-campuses-berkeley-and-davis-respond-to-occupy-movements/ 2017
Block, A., 2010. "Whistleblower" Point Richmond, CA: Bay Tree Pub
Fields D., 2014. "Corporate University" Retrieved 2017 from: http://nakedkeynesianism.blogspot.com/2014/10/noam-chomsky-on-corporatization-and.html
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