So here’s a short thread on why what the admins say they believe cannot be true and why they know that neither academics nor student experiences will “remain the same”
1. Honors class sizes have already been increased by at least 33%. This vitiates the seminar format that was 🧵
1. Honors class sizes have already been increased by at least 33%. This vitiates the seminar format that was 🧵
https://twitter.com/jennfrey/status/1945806702776852681
essential to these classes being successful.
2. It is not just the dean position that is gone. There is no longer an assistant dean, a service learning coordinator, a program officer, a director of admissions… The admins made these changes without a succession plan in 🧵
2. It is not just the dean position that is gone. There is no longer an assistant dean, a service learning coordinator, a program officer, a director of admissions… The admins made these changes without a succession plan in 🧵
place and now need to find a new director by the summer’s end that will have to do the work of multiple full time employees.
3. The admins' choices led directly to the honors college losing access to major gifts and grants. These gifts and grants funded programs that will 🧵
3. The admins' choices led directly to the honors college losing access to major gifts and grants. These gifts and grants funded programs that will 🧵
no longer be available to students.
4. At least 5 of the most experienced and beloved honors professors will not be teaching in the college next year.
It is important--for students, parents, and the public at large--for the facts to be plainly stated.
4. At least 5 of the most experienced and beloved honors professors will not be teaching in the college next year.
It is important--for students, parents, and the public at large--for the facts to be plainly stated.
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