Well that's the prospect that students at Oakland University are facing. Apparently a strike over pay (which seems to be the impetus behind most labor disputes) is the main culprit here, as well as the number of faculty members. And because this has become such an issue that it might cause classes for the whole semester to be cancelled unless the administration and faculty can decide on terms to get them back into the classrooms. Until then, school's out for Oakland University. But because the teachers are smart, a lot of them are sending assignments to their would-be students over e-mail in the hopes that this matter gets settled soon. Administration sent an e-mail to the students letting them know that they could show up for class but were free to leave if the teacher didn't show up by, yup, you guessed it, 15 minutes after the scheduled start!!!
While most Oakland University students are waiting to see if they can head back to school, you don't have to wait. See if your move makes you eligible for our Back To School discount where you can save $20 on your next move. Shoot us an e-mail here and get started on the best move you've ever had with Starving Students.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Oakland Univeristy Strike Keeps Students From Going Back To School
Remember when you would head to school and hope the professor wouldn't show up so you could just relax around your college or university or even go home for the day or evening? We used to even have that 15 minute rule where if the teacher didn't show up within15 minutes of class starting, we could skip class. A lot of students think that's a rule and I've never been convinced that it is or isn't. All I know is that we would start checking our watches more frequently as that magical 15 minute mark approached. But what if they never showed up again and you wouldn't get credit for that class?
Well that's the prospect that students at Oakland University are facing. Apparently a strike over pay (which seems to be the impetus behind most labor disputes) is the main culprit here, as well as the number of faculty members. And because this has become such an issue that it might cause classes for the whole semester to be cancelled unless the administration and faculty can decide on terms to get them back into the classrooms. Until then, school's out for Oakland University. But because the teachers are smart, a lot of them are sending assignments to their would-be students over e-mail in the hopes that this matter gets settled soon. Administration sent an e-mail to the students letting them know that they could show up for class but were free to leave if the teacher didn't show up by, yup, you guessed it, 15 minutes after the scheduled start!!!
While most Oakland University students are waiting to see if they can head back to school, you don't have to wait. See if your move makes you eligible for our Back To School discount where you can save $20 on your next move. Shoot us an e-mail here and get started on the best move you've ever had with Starving Students.
Well that's the prospect that students at Oakland University are facing. Apparently a strike over pay (which seems to be the impetus behind most labor disputes) is the main culprit here, as well as the number of faculty members. And because this has become such an issue that it might cause classes for the whole semester to be cancelled unless the administration and faculty can decide on terms to get them back into the classrooms. Until then, school's out for Oakland University. But because the teachers are smart, a lot of them are sending assignments to their would-be students over e-mail in the hopes that this matter gets settled soon. Administration sent an e-mail to the students letting them know that they could show up for class but were free to leave if the teacher didn't show up by, yup, you guessed it, 15 minutes after the scheduled start!!!
While most Oakland University students are waiting to see if they can head back to school, you don't have to wait. See if your move makes you eligible for our Back To School discount where you can save $20 on your next move. Shoot us an e-mail here and get started on the best move you've ever had with Starving Students.
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