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Have Lesley University give students free Adobe Suite

Have Lesley University give students free Adobe Suite

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Started by Jenna Gonsalves 6 years, 10 months ago
Hi, my name is J Gonsalves and I am a Lesley University art student. Like many other students, I have struggled financially and have not been able to come up with the money for supplies for school projects. One of the requirements for most art classes is to have Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator on our computers. For some of us, it is hard to come up with $25 dollars a month to pay for those apps. This is interesting because when students enroll at Lesley, they pay a $500-$600 supplies fee. They only give us a tiny little tool box and some paper, which certainly doesn’t amount to $500. Yes, we can use the Adobe programs on school computers, but some of us have late classes or commute and can not stay in the computer labs until all hours of the night. These programs should be free to download and the university should be providing them for us. Myself and many others are tired of being penalized for our work not being used in these programs because we cannot afford them financially. Sign today and help us out!!

Updates

November 11, 2019

I have compiled the student testimonials regarding the supply fee discrepancy and am preparing a formal request for the administration. We are currently scouting for a time to present these findings and the list of student concerns to the department heads.

November 11, 2019

The administration has acknowledged the surge in attention regarding these costs. I am currently preparing a formal proposal for the office of the provost to address the discrepancy between our supply fees and software access.

10 Comments

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Sarah Young
6 years ago Featured

paying tuition is already impossible without having to drop even more cash on software every single month. the school needs to step up and stop charging us for things we absolutely have to use for our classes

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Teddy McKay
6 years ago Featured

Lesley should provide the basic tools that are required for art majors for all four years of study. Digital tools are even more inaccessible for some people than physical ones, especially commuters like me, who suffer the most from not being provided Adobe Suite on their home computers.

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Hannah Mellon
6 years ago Featured

I spent the second half of my freshman year struggling to learn Animate because I couldn't afford it the first semester. Nobody should ever fall behind like I did

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Sarah Dugan
6 years ago Featured

I am a science major at another college and our lab fees cover all of the tools, both physical and online, that we require. These students should be given the tools they need by the university, especially if they paid $500+ dollars during the entry of the program.

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kelly bishop
6 years ago Featured

this needs to be a priority! especially for students willing to grow creatively using digital tools like adobe!

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Willow Machado
6 years ago Featured

As a student who can barely afford to live at school and pay tuition, having to make monthly payments for access to the adobe suite, which the school REQUIRES for all LUCAD students to have, is ridiculous.

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Andrea
6 years ago

PLEASE

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Kirsten
6 years ago

This is the minimum Lesley should provide their art school students