From frumkes@u.washington.edu Fri Feb 3 12:14:03 PST 1995 >From frumkes@u.washington.edu Fri Feb 3 12:14:02 1995 Return-Path: Received: from stein3.u.washington.edu by lists.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.10/UW-NDC Revision: 2.32 ) id AA13426; Fri, 3 Feb 95 12:14:02 -0800 Received: by stein3.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.10/UW-NDC Revision: 2.32 ) id AA13133; Fri, 3 Feb 95 12:14:01 -0800 X-Sender: frumkes@stein3.u.washington.edu Date: Fri, 3 Feb 1995 12:14:01 -0800 (PST) From: Lisa Frumkes To: slavic-uw@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Policies for Graduate Students in Programs Identified for Elimination In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Yet another problem that I see with the Policies as they are outlined: > 1) Regardless of the outcome of the program elimination review > process, all students seeking the masters degree and all students seeking > the doctoral degree who have had a doctoral supervisory committee > appointed by the Graduate School, who continue full-time enrollment, and > who maintain academic performance standards, will be allowed to continue > their programs of study towards the completion of their degree. It's the bit about having to "continue full-time enrollment" that I have trouble with. If the department goes away, so does funding. (Yes, I know they keep saying that people who could "reasonably expect support" will get something, but that's another topic entirely.) What happens to folks who have taken all the dissertation credits that they need (3 quarters worth=27 credits), have not yet completed the dissertation, and are getting no funding (most of us?) Given normal, non-elimination circumstances, such folks without funding might take a quarter or more of leave to complete their dissertations, and only register for minimal credit during the quarter in which they defend. The way this reads, it sounds like such people would have to keep paying full tuition and keep registering for 9 dissertation credits per quarter until they finish. And give thousands of dollars to the University--for what? To pay the tuition, they would have to get outside jobs or loans, and thus delay the completion of their dissertations even further--a vicious circle Is this an oversight on the part of the people setting these policies? Perhaps they didn't really mean people who are Ph.C.? Or are they going to try to gouge money out of us Ph.Cs until we defend? This is the position I'll be in next year. Anyone else? Lisa Frumkes "ABD and Entrenched" .