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Teacher Union Tries To Block Online Courses

Posted by samzenpus on from the learn-in-person dept.

itwbennett writes "Facing budget problems, University of California officials and state analysts say that expanding online courses could help them 'innovate out of the current crisis.' But the lecturers whose jobs are at stake see it differently. Now the UC chapter of the American Federation of Teachers is fighting to block online courses."

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  1. Re:Union Featherbedding, Meh by Daniel+Dvorkin · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If you think featherbedding is the norm among academic faculty, you don't know enough about academia to have a meaningful opinion on the subject.

    BTW, the answer to the question in your .sig is, "Well, 'people like you' is a good place to start."

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  2. Re:Union Featherbedding, Meh by bryan1945 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This has to be a joke comment.

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