How the University of California is using the pandemic to exploit workers and lecturers
Until now, most prestigious universities have not been able to sell online education to faculty or the public, given numerous studies indicating its inefficacy compared to in-person classroom teaching. Yet, periods of large-scale shock can be used to enact highly deleterious ideas and transform them into common practice… the impending economic recession likely means that lecturer employment will be further reduced while faculty are furloughed—leading to larger course sizes.
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by Alexia Arani, Davide Carpano, Lilly Irani, Simeon Man, Saiba Varma, and Matthew Vitz, Salon.