Aug
31
It’s hard to read this as anything other than a sad state of affairs for education in America.
The City College of San Francisco is offering to sell sponsorships of cancelled classes for $6,000. These are classes that had been offered in the past but were cut due to dramatic cuts by the state of California. (See California University System Shows Strain of Budget Cuts)
The college may cut as many as 800 classes this year. The sponsorships are being offered for $6,000. According to the school’s chancellor, Don Griffin, the school would not make a profit; the fee would cover the schools cost to pay the teacher.
At first, the school considered a plan would have allowed corporations to have their names appear on the class. Fortunately, the school’s boards raised their voices against this part of the plan. The school is now selling the classes anonymously. So far, eight sponsors have stepped up.