UCLA parents: Student services cut

arabrab
Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:06:24 +0000

Sorry, that’s what community college is for. Not the UC system.

And if we had peer tutoring at UCLA back in the 70’s I certainly don’t remember it. I do remember many study groups that came together to work on problem sets in engineering, sciences, math and econ, but nobody was paying anyone to participate.

And the only athletic admits who seemed to be way behind the academic eight ball were the football and basketball players. You could not ask for better students than we saw in gymnastics or swimming or crew or the other sports.

I was one of the volunteers (note the word volunteer) who helped students having trouble in E10 and E20 (the basic computer programming courses back in the day) – but that’s about the only resource center I remember.

I don’t have any issue with the commitment to admit students who have met requirements through a community college degree – in the end, everyone still gets the exact same UCLA diploma whether you were there for two years or four (or five.) But the resources for students who need substantial basic support are a lot stronger at the CC level – as they should be. And a whole lot cheaper to boot.