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2020-05-16 Home Front: Culture Wars

Coronavirus's Economic Blow Forces Universities To Adapt

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-05-16 15:42|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 well, I hope the latest $3 Trillion will fix that! And everything else. I can hardly wait to see some of the 'special interests'.

Posted by Bobby 2020-05-16 18:38|| 2020-05-16 18:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Only a university (or other egg head operation) could figure a way for costs to go up while the institution is basically closed.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-05-16 18:46|| 2020-05-16 18:46|| Front Page Top

#3 ...its in their models. Who are you going to believe, your eyes or their model projections?

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-05-16 20:33|| 2020-05-16 20:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Criticizing models? Now you are just being childish.

/irony /sarc

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-05-16 21:50|| 2020-05-16 21:50|| Front Page Top

#5 could figure a way for costs to go up while the institution is basically closed.

Professors are salaried, not paid for actual classroom hours worked — not to mention that they are still teaching, and having to spend twice as much time to rework everything for on-line classes instead of in-classroom. And they own their buildings, so the maintenance overhead continues whether or not classes are in session.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-05-16 22:54|| 2020-05-16 22:54|| Front Page Top

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