Sunday, December 6, 2009

Teacher Quality Argument

My assignment was to research and find evidence that teacher quality is not a priority of Belmont's in the letters from Bob Fisher that inform the tuition payers when tuition is going up and in the year end evaluations. The following are quotes from Bob Fisher's '08-'09 letter:

"Belmont is in a very solid financial position as it prepares to weather this storm" (the storm being the receding economy)
-The message that I took from this quote was that Belmont is in a solid financial state and has cash to spend on things, thus why is it not being spent on hiring more quality teachers?

"We remain committed to being good stewards of our finances while offering an excellent educational value to our students"
-If we are good stewards of our finances, are we investing in quality professors that seek to enrich the lives of their students like it says in our mission statement? "Faculty, administration and staff commit themselves to guide and challenge students to develop their full potential in order to lead lives of meaning and purpose." (Belmont Mission Statement)

"In order to ensure the continuing quality of a Belmont education, and to attract and retain the best faculty and staff possible we find it necessary to raise our tuition"
-Does this mean we ARE raising tuition? I don't think they are retaining the best faculty and staff possible, thus is it NECESSARY to raise tuition?

These are just possible points that I think might have some weight behind them if used correctly in this "document" that we might produce.

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