Friday, February 1, 2008

Where's the Love? BYU's Cold Shoulder Toward Working Students

In this new year of 2008, BYU along with hundreds of other Universities are witnessing a new breed of students; now more than ever, older aged students are returning to universities with new determination to finish their degrees. Unlike most young students, those returning to finish degrees have more responsibilities and obligations. These responsibilities include families, jobs, church callings, and many other time constraining activities. Though many of these people have little time, they understand the sacrifice they must make in order to finish their education. However, many find themselves in situations such as my own; in order to support my I family must work most of the day. Though still relatively young compared to the many other adults returning to finish degrees, I too share the same frustration in the inability to find evening classes. I am currently studying Economics; of the 41 classes offered in the economics department this winter semester, only 3 of those are offered after 4 pm. Even though the 3 economic classes were filled faster than any other morning class, BYU is obviously still very unaware of the large amount of working students who are petitioning for an increase in evening classes. The solution is clear, BYU needs to offer a larger amount of night classes that will be geared toward working students.

*MISSING: Where have the night classes gone?
*Working Students Cry for Help; Will BYU Listen?

2 comments:

maxim said...

WOW, nice selection of titles! I have a hard time distinguishing the best out of "MISSING: Where have the night classes gone?" and "Working Students Cry for Help; Will BYU Listen?". I think the MISSING one is better! And I like the "Where's the Love? BYU's Cold Shoulder Toward Working Students" least. So hope that helps.

But everything else is totally appropriate from Kairos and Ethos points of view! Great job!

Nate Evans said...

I think your best title is "Where's the Love? BYU's Cold Shoulder Toward Working Students. The other ones are still good though. I think your ethos is really good and your kairos is too. Even though I'm not in the same situation in you I can only imagine how tough it is. Good job and good luck.