Thread regarding DeVry Inc. layoffs

For those still teaching: what is the state of Writing and Humanities courses? Have they been redesigned? Is there any qualitative value in them? Critical thinking value? Or are there merely weekly "deliverables" that are graded based on their submission and nothing else?

Even if they were scheduling cannibalism, I’m sure they’d still be making the assignments too easy and letting students submit late work and grade changes after the fact. Well, it would definitely be one way to cut down on the ridiculously large class sizes. Survival of the least tasty....Just kidding but I did hear that HIST 410 was resurrected.

another scam is supposedly automated scheduling. it is not automated, many different types of characters have direct line into the schedule to delete teachers assigned and replace them with their own people

Given the astounding incompetence of the DV managers I would expect class sizes to go up to 120-150 before the company finally closes. Increasing class sizes is one of the last acts of desperation that indicates the company is in a death spiral.

Yes, a still employed colleague shared as much: fewer students, but also fewer adjuncts and f/t faculty. Hence classes must be stuffed with 60 to meet budgetary goals. Thus enrollments decline, while adjuncts fly out the door--too much work, too much unpaid training, poor pay scale--f/t faculty are let go when enrollments decline. All that remains are fewer sections stuffed to the gills....

Otl - I would add to that, furthering the degradation of academic quality.

1. Less class sections =

2. More students per class section =

3. Less adjuncts required =

4. More competition between adjuncts to be joyfully underpaid and exploited