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> The consensus here at Berkeley is that this is simply a ploy to get students to drop the class because there isn't enough space for everybody. Rinky-dink (no
by derleth 13y ago
> The consensus here at Berkeley is that this is simply a ploy to get students to drop the class because there isn't enough space for everybody.
Rinky-dink (non-Berzerkely) universities do this by setting configuration options in the registration software such that only a certain number of people can register each semester. If you get in a bit late and have a transcendentally good reason to need that course that semester, the professor is allowed to sign a small form which overrides the software and lets you in anyway.
In short, unless UC-Berkeley's software is stuck in 1968 just like its politics, the reason you gave is highly unlikely.
- sqrt 13y agoThe issue is that they weren't expecting there to be so few TAs, and as such the system allowed many more students to enroll than they ended up being able to support. (Granted, the registration system here is pretty old, but it's not as horrible as you describe.)
- jychang 13y agoIt's literally emulating phone lines that dial in. Telebears is a massive piece of shit. Source: Current Berkeley student.
- darth_aardvark 13y agoTelebears is certainly shit, but it's not to blame for this particular fuckup.
- ngoldbaum 13y agoNah, there's software. You're right it's a political issue. The administration is happy to create classes and then not properly staff them with TAs, graders, etc. They say it's due to budget issues but it's really because they want to transition the university to have more large (profitable) classes.
- Ar-Curunir 13y agoWell The software that we use is rather bad, but that's not the problem here. What happened in CS161's case was that the department had originally planned to have a certain number of students in the class, and was looking for TAs. They weren't able to find these TAs, and that led to the cancellation of three out of seven sections.