kf@atsuzaki I assume you heard about the prospective cuts at PSU today? https://www.pdx.edu/president/2026-institutional-reductions
not sure what to think tbh
atsuzaki@kf yeah the unions are actively organizing over it for months now and its just ugh.
one of the entirely cut department is university studies which basically does all the freshman & gen ed classes. impacts will be extremely sweeping to all depts
@kf as theyre doing this in the last year they announced building two new buildings btw (new dorms & new performing arts center). it's pretty clear what their priorities are
@atsuzaki I originally did undergrad in texas and am post bacc at PSU so skipping the first two years--what does it mean for a single department to "basically do all the freshman & gen ed classes"?
do normal undergrads not have a distribution of classes they need to take from different departments?
@kf oh yeah toot hijacking the good folks at PCC are going to strike this wednesday. admins are offering them a 0.35% raise which is just 🤡 picketing + other stuff schedule is at https://www.pccstrike.com/