Students show apathy, lack of discussion on tuition
Joseph Starkloff
Can I borrow $5?If I was able to ask every student at MCC that question a little less than half would provide me with the money.
I’m not saying students at MCC are greedy or uncharitable, but in the current economic situation some of us are lucky just to have soup.
The weird thing is that those same students have no concern giving the same amount per credit hour to MCC. That’s how it comes off at least.
When I walk in early to class, through the cafeteria, or relax at the Kirk Center I haven’t heard anyone under the age of 40 talking about the likely raise.
The MCCCD board has been discussing it for more than three months but there is still no reaction. It’s been covered by several media sources.
Let’s just assume everyone knows and agrees the tuition hike should happen. Shouldn’t there still be conversations around campus about possible upcoming changes to tuition, fees, property taxes, and faculty?
Are Justin Bieber’s haircut, Charlie Sheen’s antics, and your personal weekend activities really that imperative to talk about over everything else?
The Arizona constitution sets precedent that state schools, in particular the universities, should be “as nearly as free as possible.”
I personally have no issue with the cost of community college, the universities are another story, but I do have an issue that students seem to have a disregard for policies that have the most affect on their life. Is the cost of education “as nearly free as possible?” What about the recent national budget proposal that eliminates Pell Grants for summer semesters?
What happened to the educated youth vote? It was the power that fueled the presidential campaigns of Bill Clinton and Barrack Obama.
You find the answer to that when you focus solely on the movement that Obama rode to victory.
His campaign was applauded for using the internet as a tool for fund raising and gathering. Students just don’t care for politics that isn’t plastered all over Facebook and Twitter.
It has to be presented in a manner that already reflects their life. MCCCD could take the time to implement a system that does this, and I wouldn’t be against it, but there is a bigger issue here.
The youth is so absorbed with themselves that they can even see the external factors that make up their lives.
