Faculty strike in Pa.

[JohnHammond]

Faculty in the PASSHE system (state schools except for Penn State, Pittsburgh, Temple, and Lincoln) went on strike this morning. Think students will show up to class, since administrators are suggesting some faculty will cross the picket line and non-unionized employees can fit in the gap (gulfs)?

Faculty hit the picket lines at the state universities while waiting on a contract

 

[Jake_Taylor]

Kids at Shippensburg might as well go to class anyway. There's nothing else to do there.

 

[jr/shotglass]

Hey.

Finest corn maze in south-central Pennsylvania.

 

[jr/shotglass]

Faculty in the PASSHE system (state schools except for Penn State, Pittsburgh, Temple, and Lincoln) went on strike this morning. Think students will show up to class, since administrators are suggesting some faculty will cross the picket line and non-unionized employees can fit in the gap (gulfs)?

Faculty hit the picket lines at the state universities while waiting on a contract

The students are actually getting pulled in separate directions by this. The schools are telling them to go to class. The union is saying don't go to class.

If I'm a parent, I get my calculator out and withhold the amount of tuition covered by the period in which my kid is taught by grad assistants.

And although John's right for the most part, there are a couple of Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference schools that are not state schools -- Mercyhurst and Gannon in Erie, Seton Hill in Greensburg and Pitt-Johnstown. The Erie schools joined in 2008, Seton Hill and UPJ in 2013.

 

[Vombatus]

Hey.

Finest corn maze in south-central Pennsylvania.

Paging freqposter.

 

[JohnHammond]

If I'm a parent, I get my calculator out and withhold the amount of tuition covered by the period in which my kid is taught by grad assistants.

Parents generally have little clue regarding how many of their kids' classes are already taught by adjuncts or grad assistants. I know grad students can't teach in the PASSHE system, but they can at "prestigious" schools. Even so, I'd like to see a parent try to withhold tuition (if it isn't already covered by financial aid), and find their kid can't register and can't transfer anywhere because their is a hold on sending transcripts.

 

[wicked]

Hey.

Finest corn maze in south-central Pennsylvania.

Nope, that's in Lancaster.

At least those Ship kids can hang out at that big Sheetz on the edge of town.

 

[jr/shotglass]

Sells beer AND wine now!

Seriously, the more years that go by, the more I am convinced I could have lived there all my life if it weren't for my profession of choice. It has always just felt right. Bloomsburg is another nice town in that conference.

 

[UPChip]

PSAC. Hehehehe.

 

[wicked]

I felt the same way about Carlisle. You pretty much had everything there thanks to Dickinson and the law school, and you were close enough to bigger cities.

 

[Armchair_QB]

I felt the same way about Carlisle. You pretty much had everything there thanks to Dickinson and the law school, and you were close enough to bigger cities.

I hear Dickinson girls are fast.

 

[cjericho]

Kids at Shippensburg might as well go to class anyway. There's nothing else to do there.

Is that much different than Bloom, Cal or whichever others?

 

[Jake_Taylor]

Is that much different than Bloom, Cal or whichever others?

I don't know. Haven't been to them, but Shipp is awfully small to have a college of that size. I'm only gently teasing. It's a lovely little town.

 

[wicked]

Millersville says hi.

 

[Football_Bat]

What about everyone's favorite, Slippery Rock?

 

[jr/shotglass]

Is that much different than Bloom, Cal or whichever others?

If you go down the 18-school PSAC roster, the only schools in a setting that could be termed urban are Gannon and Mercyhurst in Erie, and Pitt-Johnstown. And "urban" is a stretch for those cities.

Most of the rest are small-town venues, although Millersville is just a few miles out of Lancaster and West Chester and Cheyney are within hailing distance of Philly.

 

[User 11148]

Parents generally have little clue regarding how many of their kids' classes are already taught by adjuncts or grad assistants. I know grad students can't teach in the PASSHE system, but they can at "prestigious" schools. Even so, I'd like to see a parent try to withhold tuition (if it isn't already covered by financial aid), and find their kid can't register and can't transfer anywhere because their is a hold on sending transcripts.

When I was a doctoral student I and a couple of others routinely taught this capstone class having to do with business strategy. I'd love to have heard a parent complaining about their little snowflake being taught by one of those GTAs ... he was a former CEO/CotB of a Fortune 500 company.

 

[Buck]

Is that much different than Bloom, Cal or whichever others?

I attended Cal PA.
We had a cool music scene at the time.
Other activities included drinking to excess, recreational drugs, hanging out by the Mon, drunk swimming in the Mon and hopping trains.

 

[JohnHammond]

How many parents were successful in their quest for tuition refunds? Enough to pay for a new flatscreen for weekday dad?

 

[jr/shotglass]

You made your point. Back into your troll hole.