From: tgpt_ltd@jondalar.cc.rochester.edu (Tom Guptill)
Newsgroups: misc.education
Subject: Re: EDU: PAY MORE FOR LESS (There's a deeper problem)
Date: 6 Apr 92 17:05:42 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)

In article <1992Apr1.130515.179@blurt.oswego.edu> kdcs1012@blurt.oswego.edu writes:

>Park Hall building told the assistant to my teacher of the brand new car the
>Public Safty had just purchases.  This is the SECOND brand new car this year.
>WHAT THE #$%@ was wrong with the ones they had?  Each of these car cost well
>over $20,000.  That's over $40,000 spent on "nice cars" for the public safty
>people to drive around campus giving out parking tickets!!!  Granted,
>occassionally I do see these "officers" go into the City of Oswego for lunch
>with their "new cars".  I guess if the Oswego P.D. is getting new cars, the
>P.S. should too.

	That looks like a lot of money.  However, I'm sure that the new cars
weren't BMW's or Porsches.  Campus Security is a necessary expense in most
places.  It is vitally important that security be able to respond quickly in
the event of an emergency.  In order to do this on a fair-sized campus,
security (including vehicles) is a necessary expense.  I know I wouldn't
want to have to wait for the already overburdened Rochester Police
Department to respond to our campus because our security cruisers were out
of service.  Perhaps they should take a bus?

>That wasn't the only discerning news of the day.  The SUNY-Oswego
>administration also hired a new Dean for $80,000 a year.  NOW, WHAT IS WRONG
>WITH THIS PICTURE???????  

	Chances are that the dean should have been hired some time ago, and
the hiring was put off as long as possible.  There is only so much one
person can do.

>Agian, WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?????

	There is something wrong with this picture.  One common phrase I
hear with regards to education is "We don't need to throw money at the
problem."  Well folks, I disagree.  That excuse has been used for years.  I
hear people say "We need dedicated teachers."  I went to an underfunded
public high school, and I was taught by dedicated, competent, caring
professionals who did the best that they could do with the resources they had. 
Some people have the impression that certian programs should be cut in order
to save money.  However, who is to decide which programs are important and
which are not?  In my opinion, the only solution to this problem is a
combination of good fiscal management and large increases in educational
spending.  College should be publicly financed through at least the BA/BS
level for those students who wish to continue their education.  All students
not in special education programs should have to meet certian minimum
requirements for graduation.  (Although I'm not sure that standardized
testing would be the best way to go about this.  This is for psychologists
and researchers to determine.)  And public schools and colleges should
receive the funds and assistance necessary to provide a quality education
for all of their students.  Again, the only way that I can see to accomplish this is through a
complete restructuring of our educational system and what will probably be
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	Thomas Guptill
	University of Rochester
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