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Colorado's Higher Education Fail

Two legislative actions have taken place in recent weeks. They each are being heralded by their own respective camps as being a broad step toward... goals... I suppose.

"It's a law!" (Yes... Somebody actually said that.)

The first is: Colorado House Bill 12-1144.This bill allows for institutions to enter into multi-year contracts with non-tenure/tenuretrack educators. This action is wilfully stupid. As with most labor movements, this will serve no purpose but to create an underclass whose only purpose is to  remain in servitude. Sure, a few individuals who, by the grace of god have managed to weasel their way into being appointed in consecutive years would benefit directly from such. According the AAUP's (the moving force for this was a union after all) own characterizations, this is the exception and not the rule. There remains little to no "protection," for Graduate Teaching Assistants, Part-Time Educators and the like... ...For a good reason. Speaking as a "Part-Time" Educator and occasional Graduate teaching assistant, I (we) get paid to teach a specified type, and number of classes. Not to research, not to perform administrative duties, not to serve as any sort of adjacent. To teach. Period. Tenured and tenure-track faculty are paid to do all of the above, and for good reason.

Creating this overclass of mudblood landlords to enjoy any benefit over what ALL temporary, throwaway staff receive is counterproductive, does not service the system it was created by and is wholly silly.

"I can't math... You said you could math?"

The second is: Colorado Senate Bill 15. This bill is... well... uh... Hold on: This bill is supposed to...  The Denver Post reports: "Colorado bill to lower tuition for illegal immigrants goes to House panel," and goes on to state that "A bill to reduce tuition costs for illegal immigrants in Colorado has been assigned to the state House Education Committee, whose Republican chairman, state Rep. Tom Massey, has said he would support the bill this year," which means exactly zero. In the great before-time, all that was required for in-state tuition in Colorado was proof of residency. State generated aid, as well as federal financial aid were not available for the "undocumented" student. The provisions for the bill demand that Colorado colleges and universities shall charge in-state tuition, then ADD the per credit hour "College Opportunity Fund" (Colorado's Higher Education 'benefit') amount. In some situations this is even more than the out-of-state tuition figure. So, let's recap. Rather than allow institutions themselves, to perhaps, wiggle their way around residency rules, the state will demand that these students are in a special status, which will sometimes force them to pay even MORE than out of state students. Nice. Budget allocation to higher education in the state of Colorado is third worst in the country, how about starting there?

Three, One, Two... OFFBLAST!

I'm considering this to be a relaunch of the blog. I forgot I had one, then I needed one, decided I should make one and then found that I already had one. Bully for me.