The Case

The case in this research will be all the schools that have been protesting over an increase in tuition costs, primarily UC Berkley. With that I would like to see how often this type of protest happens with this university. Tuition is constantly an issue and with the times the way they are, it will not get any better. This is the student’s point of view which was mentioned in my previous post. I will be analyzing the way students see tuition increases and how they react to it. Many students have made it clear the way they feel about their tuition rising. The question that comes into play here is: Is education worth the investment? With tuitions rising, higher education becomes questioned. A majority of my research deals with the most recent protests at UC Berkeley. It incorporates the reasons and the different ways students have decided to take a stand.

The Debate

The debate here that I have identified is the constant battle that universities face every day; affordability. State schools are losing money from governments on a daily basis which raises student concern. From the loss of money, schools have no other choice but to look at privatizing their "industry". This can be looked at in two different ways. The first being that the school is doing this to save itself from going under; "desperate times call for desperate measures". The second way to look at this would be the way that students perceive this action. The mere action of privatizing a school will lead to higher tuition costs. This is what students see when they hear that their state funded university is looking for outside contributors. When these views come together, the outcome is protest. This has been going on for many years across the country in almost every single state university. Students are paying more money every year for their "state funded education". But, if state governments keep cutting funds, how will schools stay afloat? Can people blame state schools for trying to privatize? This is the debate I’d like to address and how this battle between the institution known as college and its students, has evolved over time.

Post 8

My biggest problem is finding sources that have a lot to do with my topic. I have about 3 solid scholarly sources that will really help me in writing my paper but it seems that many of the other sources i have come across, will only contribute a little bit. I would like to find some more well rounded sources. That is basically my main problem. I feel that i have most of the other things under control.

Conversation with sources

While i was rereading my paper i realized that my topic was still a bit everywhere. I wanted to tie in real world protest and college protest, but after reviewing my sources i have found that most of them are not really supportive of my research topic. I have rearranged my list of sources and now i feel that i can go on with my topic but in a new way. I want to tie in activism and protest here on the rutgers campus. I'm not sure exactly how i am going to do this, but i definately want to incorporate our campuses protest history with possibly what causes the actual protests. Do the outside factors such as war and politics have a large affect on the act of protesting on campuses? What has triggered past protests here on campus? How has that changed over time?