LETTER: COB asks for too much

To the editor:

My advice to those freshmen and sophomores interested in a business degree: go somewhere else! The College of Business (COB) has gone too far this time. The BYU and U of U schools of business have better recognition for the same price (if not less now). And for those of you still debating; changing majors will look more and more appealing every year.

The COB has major administrative issues that shouldn’t be passed on to its students. Administration can’t raise their own money, so like a modern “Prince Jon” they’ve turned to robbing the poor to feed the rich. The recent article in the statesman didn’t mention the fact that several COB professors make over $100,000! It doesn’t seem fair that COB faculty will be padding their wallets with the student loans required to pay tuition!

COB teachers may be paid 25 percent less at USU, but we also have a lower cost of living. When professors apply to work here, they know that they’ll be underpaid. I don’t see how an increase in our tuition will solve the shortage of business professors nationwide, either.

They claim that the quality of teaching will improve, but they have no way of enforcing that. I think teachers are doing their best to educate us right now, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see absolutely no change in professors’ methods for years.

I think it’s great that they’re concerned about the future of the college, but the current students shouldn’t be responsible for coming up with the needed money. Doesn’t the COB have professional fund raisers or development officers? You’ve got to hand it to the COB though; they’ve trapped students that are too close to graduation to do anything about it.

This burden shouldn’t be placed on us students, especially at such a drastic rate. I believe that this will work for a year or two, but then, when enrollment has dropped to half of what it is, Dean Anderson will be wondering where all the student support is.

Jeremy Raisor