<head><style>body{font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;color:black;}p{margin:0px}</style></head><body id="compText">I think this is a great idea for the students, but we need to keep in mind that administration may simply see this attrition (on top of the usual Winter attrition) as justification to cut even more classes on a permanent basis, a move which will impact students even more. I do, however, like the idea of the ones getting hit taking power unto themselves.<br><br><br><blockquote style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid">-----Original Message-----
<br>From: Gray Scott <gray@scotts.net>
<br>Sent: Dec 1, 2009 11:17 PM
<br>To: Megan Stein <meganjstein@gmail.com>, gsa-english@lists.ucr.edu
<br>Cc: Lecturer ListServe <englecturers@lists.ucr.edu>
<br>Subject: Re: UWP Lecturers [Gsa-english] 1B offerings for undergrads
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Megan,</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">One of my hard-core, motivated,
force-to-be-reckoned-with students went and obtained 100 signatures from
other freshman in the same situation you're describing and hand-delivered
the signed letter to the Chancellor's office last week. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Her letter was very polite, but contained an
interesting warning: If freshmen can't get the classes they need, and can't take
many classes that remain (due to prerequisites), it starts to make a lot of
sense for them to go on academic leave, save money during winter and spring
quarters, and then use the money they saved to pay for summer school, when the
classes they need are more likely to be offered and instructors are more likely
to be available. They're permitted to request leave for up to a year, and can
re-enroll without having to reapply. If a lot of students decide to do this, the
financial hit could be larger than administrators are anticipating.
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Thought I'd share that tidbit. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">- Gray</font></div>
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<div style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div>
<div style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><b>From:</b>
<a title="meganjstein@gmail.com" href="mailto:meganjstein@gmail.com">Megan
Stein</a> </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="gsa-english@lists.ucr.edu" href="mailto:gsa-english@lists.ucr.edu">gsa-english@lists.ucr.edu</a> </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 01, 2009 8:42
PM</div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> [Gsa-english] 1B offerings for
undergrads</div>
<div><br></div>Sorry to direct this question to all, but I'm not sure whom to
write; my<br>hope is that a 1ABC director has an
answer.<br><br> <br><br>My current 1A students are worried because 1B
sections are pretty much full.<br>They wonder (as do I) when they will be able
to get into 1B-will they have<br>to wait till next year? They also
wonder whether not being able to complete<br>the 1ABC sequence this year will
hinder their overall progress at UCR. I<br>think this worry
affects students trying to complete 1C as well. To whom<br>should I
direct these students, and what strategies does the writing
program<br>recommend? I hesitate to send a large group into the already
overworked<br>center to complain. Please advise. Thank
you.<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Gsa-english
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