<p>I really applaud this effort to reduce enrollment. Umich is a great and very packed place. Computer labs, libraries, classes, buses, recreation centers, etc are just packed. I’m surprised it took umich’s administration this long to curb enrollment.</p>
<p>To reduce the stress of over enrollment, sometimes it seems like people turn to stupid policies that I would have never seen 5 years ago. For example, go on North campus and 95% of the workstations have an “I” on them (for Instructional) meaning that only students in classes should be able to use them. This is new as of this year. This means that a Phd candidate, post-doc, staff member or faculty shouldn’t go to the duderstadt library and have a workstation available to them as they go thru bound periodicals or check out a book on reserve (often available for only 2 hours). Tuition is paid on behalf of phd candidates and umich literally takes half of the grant awards that post-docs and phd candidates basically run.</p>
<p>Maybe just my frustration…and not relevant to many CC readers. Anyway I applaud the decision to curb enrollment. Hopefully, this will eventually mean no more absurd solutions to mitigate the overcrowding. </p>