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(12/06/16 5:02am)
Nobel Laureate George Akerlof once wrote about “The Market for Lemons” as a barrier to perfect market forces. Akerlof’s lemons referred to cars that were found to be defective after their purchase: buyers, due to information asymmetry, could not know of any defects present in the cars before their purchase. Because of this lack of information, perfect market selection of cars cannot occur. At the University, one prime example of this informational asymmetry comes in the form of course selection, as I have previously discussed. Course syllabi are usually not posted until the first week of classes. This system promotes inefficiency and prevents students from accurately gauging a class before forcing them to sign up. Professors should work to develop their syllabi earlier in the semester so that they may be available online before course registration.
(11/15/16 5:03am)
In the wake of the 2016 election, it is clear from the results that voter turnout, while generally lower across the board from 2008 and 2012, decreased by a significantly lesser amount among white, non-college educated individuals than in pro-Hillary Clinton counties. The United States has become accustomed to individuals with lower socioeconomic statuses voting less often than their more educated counterparts: consequently, Donald Trump’s victory came as a surprise to much of the polling intelligentsia. However, turning away from the disaffected crowd who voted for Trump is not the way to a future Democratic comeback. A more measured and intellectually consistent reaction would be to reinforce our fundamentally democratic principles and encourage more awareness about politics in general, all while welcoming and understanding the anger latent in the American public.
(11/08/16 2:18pm)
A school as large as the University necessarily has a significant proportion of classes that must reach large quantities of students at a time. For example, fall semester microeconomics and spring semester macroeconomics each easily pull more than 1,000 students every year. Although large classes are undoubtedly necessary at the University, they are not the best use of tenured research faculty. Faculty lecturers, who do not have the same research responsibilities as tenure-track research faculty, can often focus exclusively on pedagogy and getting introductory content across. However, job security for lecturers at universities is historically poor and inconsistent, leading to a system where lecturers float from school to school seeking temporary employment. The University can be at the forefront of change in higher education by creating a quasi-tenure track for lecturers focusing exclusively on teaching, thus improving the quality of undergraduate education, as well as granting greater job security.
(11/02/16 10:55am)
For part of the College, Oct. 11th, 2016 was a momentous day. That day marked the updating of the Spring 2017 course catalogue; anybody walking through New Cabell or Alderman could spot several groups of students clustered around SIS, waiting for Lou’s List to upload the new classes so that they could begin planning for the next semester. However, there was just as a large a group that had no real idea courses were out for the next semester, and would thusly be deprived of the same level of preparation when course enrollment actually began. Although the same resources are available to all students during the pre-enrollment period, more efforts need to be taken on the part of the University to ensure that all students are aware of the many different ways that planning can occur before enrollment.
(10/25/16 11:41am)
Election cycle after election cycle, voters and non-voters alike tune in with glee to observe the latest iteration of the best non-pay-per-view boxing match available on TV — namely, the U.S. presidential debates. Lincoln and Douglas, in their seminal 1858 debate series, were able to set out their points in a lengthy and expository fashion without interruption from the other candidate. As viewers of the most recent few debates are aware, that style of debate has long since gone out of fashion; for instance, Donald Trump interrupted Hillary Clinton 25 times in 26 minutes during the first debate. Debates in the contemporary political world are held not so much as to educate the voters on the issues, but rather to bring entertainment value.
(10/18/16 4:05am)
Seminars at the University typically represent the pinnacle of undergraduate education within the humanities. Large lecture classes, which are a necessary part of the education assembly line due to the University’s enrollment of 16,736, are generally stepping stones that lay the foundation for a deeper, more critical analysis of focused issues within capstone seminars. Seminars are marketed by the University as interactive classes with 20 or fewer students. While the latter half of the statement may be true, the University should stop assuming that interactivity will necessarily follow from small class sizes. Increasing the degree of interactivity in humanities seminars at the University makes classes both more engaging for the students involved, as well as more substantive in the insights obtained.
(09/27/16 12:06pm)
Many music ensembles sponsored by the University music department exist in little, self-contained happy bubbles of their own choosing. Ensembles meet, rehearse and put on concerts at different times throughout the season, often with little awareness of what other music groups are doing. When the only collaboration between music groups on Grounds is discussing when rooms become open for practicing, it’s evident that something has to be done. Apart from the University Singers and the Charlottesville Symphony Orchestra, who often collaborate on more elaborate vocal pieces, groups from the Bluegrass Workshop to the Jazz Ensemble to the African Music and Dance Ensemble never have a chance to collaborate with each other. Groups simply cannot evolve in an innovative way without collaboration. By making an active effort to encourage musical groups on Grounds to collaborate with each other, the music department would improve both musical and cultural awareness at the University.