Earlier last month, a wide variety of Bradley students found trouble with trying to set up their class schedule for the 2021 fall semester.
Cutbacks from the University have forced a handful of professors out of jobs. Meaning students would take the brunt of having a more difficult time finding classes with fewer professors available to teach specific courses.
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Nathaniel Moates, a sophomore student who recently transferred from construction to public relations, knows this struggle as well as anyone.
“I don’t feel like I shouldn’t have to pick between which two courses that I have to take; there should be multiple course offerings of it.”
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Moates has thoroughly enjoyed his transition from one major to another. He believes that having a major within the communication department offers more routes towards future career paths. In comparison, there were such few paths to take with construction.
However, with a couple of months of experience with public relations down, Moates’s wished he could have gotten off to a better start with his first genuine trial of scheduling classes.
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“After paying how much we do to this institution (Bradley), we shouldn’t have to, like, make sacrifices to this magnitude, of like, I will have a chance of graduating in four years if I don’t take this class now.”
Fortunately, with great patience, Moates was able to eventually find a schedule that he found satisfied. But with that in mind, 2 begs the question: just how much patience are we allowed to have? Regardless of what type of student you are, no one should experience such difficulties of simply trying to find an appropriate schedule and fight off the lack of professors thanks to cutbacks.
Billy Crowley, a junior student majoring in Advertising/PR with a minor in marketing, expanded on how the upcoming 2021 fall semester scheduling has hindered his work and school life.
“The main struggle I faced was trying to figure out how I can balance my work life and my school life because most classes only had one time and one date or one day of the week available. It doesn’t allow me to work, and as a college student, I am financially independent, and I need to work”, said Crowley.
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Crowley expanded on how he wishes more online options were available, especially with students who live in certain circumstances like him. Crowley lives with a parent who has heart disease and is concerned about going entirely in person.
In such a time as this, hopefully, Bradley will accommodate students accordingly.
Bradley has had to make some pretty big decisions when it comes to staffing and class cutbacks.
Professor Kevin Capie, an Instructor in Residence with a focus on journalism, is one of the many professors who is, unfortunately, being let go after this spring semester.
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When presented with the question about how he thinks the cutbacks and layoffs have affected scheduling and registration, Capie said, “I would say so just in terms of ’cause I always taught COM 260 in the fall, and that’s not being offered. It is a lot of uncertainty in terms of numbers of how many students would come back and things like that, and it’s not just our Department.”
Capie hopes to apply for a sports communication position here at Bradley.
“I love it here. I was a Bradley graduate twice. I was an undergrad in ’96 and graduated in ’18. I love working with students and love seeing them grow. I want to stay where I’m at,” said Capie.