150% true. I could write a book on this just based on my zillion years of working the MH frontlines.
Correct, you would think, but, mental health clients are very uneasy to get behavioral health care tx in the best of times. Especially those with chronic diagnoses. So now they are really paranoid, and unsure of what to do. This will be a big issue because people that have anxiety, and depressive disorders to begin with are really having a hard time, and probably not taking their meds as needed,
And the social justice department
And those are coming because ...well, people in government don’t care about budgets...never have and most likely never will... just borrow another 20-25 billion and we’ll be fine... add it to another stimulus bill.
It would only be a bandaid fix a temporary pause in the inevitable. To say we didn’t know or it is all because of the current pandemic ? NO , this was expected at the state levels and I’m certain to our Rutgers administrators as well. I don’t like anyone losing a good job or for that matter any job in these times. The Rutgers teachers union didn’t seem overly concerned before except to file a law suit to stop money going to Rutgers athletics . May we suggest the following , since we are funded by taxpayer $$$$ Rutgers should gladly open any unoccupied or currently unused buildings and facilities to the homeless and mentally ill populations from high crime areas of the state. The campus setting is conducive to recovery, health care issues and proper nutrition which can be directed on the campus. Children could be educated and enjoy an atmosphere geared toward learning . Children’s day and after school care could be administered here as well . Tutoring by Rutgers students would earn them credit in the form of a stipend and used toward tuition , board , semester fees or loan debt.The greatest benefit however would be a much safer environment .Certainly one much different than what children in Trenton , Camden, Jersey City or Paterson now face daily. A safe and educational space geared to equalize what is inherently wrong in our big cities.
Most of these people don’t want to hear this but the drastic reduction of international students will kill the budget severely. The revenue from international students is much greater than the state allocation to Rutgers. Rutgers will have to cut 20-25% in expenses or significant tuition increase if the federal government doesn’t contribute.
If certain things happen in November we can guarantee there will be a definite downward turn .For much longer than a year.
I think what has happened here is that COVID has caused a large drop in demand for mental health services that the University provides. I think they are laying off folks who basically don't have anything to do right now. My guess is that once the University figures out what is happening in the fall, you will see a bunch more folks laid off. I would hope that when the University is back to normal operations, you will see these people return.
I read once that universities in the south of Europe the students ran the show.. controlled everything.. it was opposite in the north.. but keep in mind that anyone at a university was pretty much from a powerful family. The students that became teachers tended to be on the weak side in terms of power.
My older boy (who is a civil engineering major) had a professor for differential equations from Vietnam who he said was great in person, even with a little bit of a language problem. But when they transitioned to completely online something was lost in the translation...wasn't as good. It turns out the professor was also involved with some COVID-19 research while still teaching and actually came up with some designs for safety equipment which were implemented.
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I thought history and western civilization had already been eliminated nationwide.
This might come under the heading of "never let a crisis go to waste." Most US universities have labor agreements and tenure traditions that make it very hard to get rid of faculty unless there is an economic emergency. COVID provides that. But the universities will have to be nimble and nobody has ever characterized a university as being nimble. I say that they have to move quickly because when economic tough times arrive, people go back to school. Thus, in two years, the problems of losing money due to no students will be over.
Liberal arts and those low-value majors should be cut first. Start with all majors that end in the word "studies".
