Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Occupy 101

That education bubble ought to be bursting anytime now. Roosevelt “University” in Chicago is offering a class on the Occupy movement.
Thirty-two undergraduate students are enrolled at Roosevelt University's "Occupy Everywhere" class. It's a three-credit political science course that looks at the movement that started last summer near New York City's Wall Street and spread nationwide.

The Chicago Sun-Times reports (http://bit.ly/w7Fgm7 ) students' assignments include reading the movement's newspaper and attending Occupy Chicago's general assembly meetings held near Roosevelt's downtown campus.

Leaders from the Chicago movement may present guest lectures. Air fresheners and flea collars will be provided.
Ok, I added that last bit. But it’s definitely something that the school should consider. BTW, does the curriculum include a for-credit course on the Tea Party? (And, yes, that’s a rhetorical question).

2 comments:

RebeccaH said...

What do you think, Roosevelt University parents? Are the gazillions of dollars you're spending on your kids' educations being well-spent?

bruce said...

I saw bunches of US college students being bussed around India to stay in ashrams as credit towards their degrees. These places were very cheap, maybe $10 a day, yet I understood that the students were being charged US tuition fees of $1000s, much going to 'International Education' entrepreneurs smart enough to cash in.

Then they disturbed the peace by acting as if they were in some wild dorm party. 'Unsustainable' for sure.