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ASU Against 5/5

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George Laufenberg
11 years ago

As a writing instructor, I'm appalled--but not surprised. Fight the good fight@

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George Laufenberg
11 years ago

As a writing instructor, I'm appalled--but not surprised. Fight the good fight@

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Rashna B. Singh
11 years ago

This indentured labour system of Higher Ed has got end, right here, right now. Stop the exploitation.

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Rashna B. Singh
11 years ago

This indentured labour system of Higher Ed has got end, right here, right now. Stop the exploitation.

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Anonymous
11 years ago

Devaluing instructors and students? Who thinks this is reasonable or even possible or at all fair?

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molly isbell
11 years ago

Devaluing instructors and students? Who thinks this is reasonable or even possible or at all fair?

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Todd Taylor
11 years ago

The 5/5 policy is categorically unjust to ASU students and faculty. And to

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Todd Taylor
11 years ago

The 5/5 policy is categorically unjust to ASU students and faculty. And to

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Keith Dorwick
11 years ago

This is an attack on both hard working professionals and on the students they will still teach to the best of their abilities. Shame.

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Keith Dorwick
11 years ago

This is an attack on both hard working professionals and on the students they will still teach to the best of their abilities. Shame.

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Cheryl Ball
11 years ago

I echo what other respected writing studies scholars have said in the petition comments: *ALL* research and national standards for teaching writing, and especially teaching first-year writing (which most of the NTTs at ASU are doing almost exclusively) shows that teaching more than 50 students per semester is physically impossible, nevermind the toll is takes on instructors psychologically as they *attempt* to actually teach more than that. Also inherent in this unethical mandate is that someone else has to take over NTTs service loads. Who shall do *that* now-unpaid work as well?

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Cheryl Ball
11 years ago

I echo what other respected writing studies scholars have said in the petition comments: *ALL* research and national standards for teaching writing, and especially teaching first-year writing (which most of the NTTs at ASU are doing almost exclusively) shows that teaching more than 50 students per semester is physically impossible, nevermind the toll is takes on instructors psychologically as they *attempt* to actually teach more than that. Also inherent in this unethical mandate is that someone else has to take over NTTs service loads. Who shall do *that* now-unpaid work as well?

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Jon Shanks
11 years ago

This is why education for profit is such a problem

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Jon Shanks
11 years ago

This is why education for profit is such a problem

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Andrew Mara
11 years ago

This has got to stop. WE have to stop it.

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Andrew Mara
11 years ago

This has got to stop. WE have to stop it.

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Raymond Person
11 years ago

Universities need to increase support for the teaching of writing skills, not cut them.

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Raymond Person
11 years ago

Universities need to increase support for the teaching of writing skills, not cut them.