Category: Community,
Education
Level: Local
Concerning: An
enacted policy that has been passed to help with an issue that
individuals/families face
Why is this
important/how does this affect individuals/families? The discontinuation of
the Texas State hiring freeze is important because it has a positive impact on
the San Marcos community, Texas State students, and Texas State University as a
whole.
My Views: I think
it is great that the officials at Texas State have ended the “modified hiring
freeze”. What is even greater is the reason for why the freeze was ended; the university
received its largest increase in funding in the past ten years. The increase in
funding will be very beneficial to the university and it’s students. As many
people know, Texas State University is huge university and is continuously
growing. Texas State is one of the most applied to colleges in Texas, and the
number of incoming freshmen increases greatly every year. It only makes sense
for the state to give the university more funding in order to accommodate the
increasing student body. Due to the financial increase, the university now has
the means to hire new faculty and staff. Hopefully, this means that more
classes will be added and the number of students per class will decrease. There
are numerous classes at Texas State that allow hundreds of students in a single
class. In my opinion and from my experiences, students perform better in smaller
settings in which they can engage in classroom discussions comfortably. Students
are more likely to ask questions and participate when they are in a room of 30,
opposed to 300. I think that the end of the hiring freeze and the increase in
state funding will have a positive impact on everyone involved with Texas State
University.
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