It’s no secret that colleges and universities urgently need more funding. As the union representing 45,000 staff and faculty in all 24 of Ontario’s colleges and 16 universities and other postsecondary institutions, we have been sounding the alarm for years. Our members have been living and working with the consequences of three decades of defunding […]
  • GingaNinga@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    As a mature student returning to school after a few years in the workforce I feel like a lot of this burden is felt by students as well. I think that a lot of the “online learning” shift offloaded a bunch of this work onto students, I’ve got A BSC and MSC and this degree that I’m doing now is just a completely different level of time/effort and I feel like i’m battling the ciriculum delivery more than the course content. Its absolutely brutal for mental health and it drives me nuts this is the new normal. We’re paying a lot to be there and I don’t think its too much to ask for a better experience.