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This piece has so resonated w/ me cause I've been at CUNY like half my life as undergrad, honors ambassador, REU, writing center & accessibility center & ACT? tutor, graduate student, adjunct in 4? departments, PLTL coordinator, REU mentor, digital fellow, research assistant... https://twitter.com/nytopinion/status/1265285576263114752
Was reminded of two of those jobs today, maybe had others?...was also president of robotics club... Like the article mentions, I'm the sort of white kid who goes to CUNY - first gen or Orthodox (I'm both) local kid who wants a degree but doesn't care much about college experience
And yet like I did all the things (and worked in 3 labs in 3 different disciplines...) 'cause that is the strength of a semi-functional CUNY. There are all these opportunities & like not many hoops to jump for any of 'em when I was there...
But like I've seen it with my students, that budget cuts have led to it being harder to get into their majors & fewer classes, & like that leaves less flex for exploring & student support is a mess & like I only graduated cause advisors helped me navigate a sticky situation
And also adjuncts get paid approx $3000/class which like isn't sustainable - my department basically resorts to exploting unfunded folks on visas since anyone authorized to work can make more on like a week or 2 of contract work...
And like it means sections are forever over tallied on a 35 cap & labs never have enough seats and if you don't get into that once a year lab graduation goes up in flames...and the problems are only getting worse with the planned cuts #CutCovidNotCUNY
No official announcements yet about fall, but like if they fired all the adjuncts they don't have enough rooms large enough to fit the double/quadruple sections even sans social distancing & like the buildings are kind of falling apart...& yeah soap availablity is flaky
so at this point I'm very worried about what this place that's just such a part of me at this point is gonna look like when campus finally reopens 
