Europe’s Budget Crisis hits Universities
Summary:
St. Patrick’s college, Drumcondra, Ireland has been training
teachers for more than 135 years, for the past two decades as an autonomous
college of Dublin city university. However, in September it received a letter
stating that it would become a much more integral part of the university. Proposed
merges between teaching college and universities are part of a government plan
to allow the Irish higher education system to educate more people better with
less money. The Irish changes are part of a larger trend of cost-cutting and
reorganization that has drawn student protests across the Continent, as
European countries try to balance a largely socialized, affordable higher
education system against budget constraints. Despite the weather conditions, several
thousand students protested against tuition increases and divestment in higher
education Wednesday in London, according to organizers. Students, who are among
the first group to feel the brunt of cuts, have taken their frustration to the
streets and campuses. The president of the Union of Students in Ireland was
arrested when he refused to take his seat in the visitors’ gallery during a
debate about college fees and grant at the Dail, the lower house of the Irish
Parliament, The Irish Independent reported.
Analysis:
I think I any situation involving budget cuts is hard to
adapt to. Funding depends on individual national and state budgets. The crisis
has affected each place differently. Personally, I think that higher education
is already costly as it is so why must we students be put at a disadvantages
and have to cough up more money just to get an education.
Candace Burton
3/27/15
4:13 am
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/26/world/europe/europes-budget-crisis-hits-universities.html?_r=0
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