Georgia lawmakers have forced the Board of Regents to force college presidents to force department heads to come up with nonsensical budget cuts that guarantee a severe compromise to the system's ability to provide the educated populace necessary for the continued growth of this state.
If these ludicrous cuts are enforced, what will we lose? Any semblance of credibility as a state dedicated to serving its citizens with an education worthy of any merit.
Lawmakers seem to seek a path that would allow us to experience a descent into educational poverty that will promulgate social, economic, cultural and spiritual poverty. Soon the state would find itself in a stupor from losing sight of the value of higher education at all. Forrest Gump's rule would win the day -- stupid is as stupid does!
We lose a sense of self-worth when we focus on the short term. How is it possible that we can decide to cut from the most valuable investment that we can make -- our education -- to bandage a wound that is an indicator of the need to invest even more in education?
Is it possible that lawmakers are willing to accept the quick fix? It's the legislative equivalent of "title pawn" lending -- a fix that is destined to worsen the wound as high school graduates discover that the educational choices they thought they had before them have been pawned off by the decisions made!
No longer will you be able to get an MBA or a nursing degree from Augusta State University. No longer will you have the same access to critical facilities at Georgia Tech (not to mention that you won't have new books for the library). Enrollment at Georgia Tech will be further limited by 20 percent this year. Continuing education programs are to be reduced or eliminated. ...
Lawmakers, don't pawn off our future! We have to live in it! And so do you.
Paul Jackson
Evans
Over the years, taxpayer money sent to state sponsored schools has been spent on promoting segregation through "cultural promotion" studies programs. Maybe instead of reducing subjects that transfer usable knowledge to those seeking higher education, the administration can make the "tough choice" of ending the politically correct studies courses until "excess money" is once again available. Do away with overpaid "professors" that teach these politically correct subjects, use the buildings currently occupied by these "cultural studies" courses as expansion for actual usable knowledge courses. There are myriad ways to improve the schools and cut costs. The school, the student and the taxpayer will all be better for the change.
So what would you cut Mr. Jackson? The well is dry and cuts have to be made state wide. We have a smaller pizza and everyone has to eat a smaller slice for the next 10 years or so, including education. Get used to it. I believe they made a poor decision by cutting out these local programs totally when they should be stopping the expansion in Athens instead, but cuts have to be made somewhere.
Cut off the "law makers". Cut their pensions, salaries, and percs and see how fast money pops up...
Cliff you need a cultural studies course asap.
Many of the professors teaching the "cultural studies" are teaching anti-America. A good example is the Prof. Gates of the ‘beer summit.
They are teaching our young people that America is evil.
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