Many Tier One faculty have resorted to workshops to replace the laboratories that were canceled. Thus the hoped-for savings in resources, such as space, TAs, and time, have been realized in only a limited fashion. The designers of the new general education curriculum made a major blunder in not doing something innovative about redefining GTA roles in undergraduate instruction. This is especially true in the sciences where stand-alone lab courses, traditionally the power base of GTA involvement, were eliminated without any interactions with GTAs, disenfranchising an important segment of them in the transition between the old and new curricula. The workload issue is one that has got to be addressed, especially for junior faculty members.
Students resent being forced to take the course.
Then they punish the teaching staff using the TCE forms.