Editorial: No Easy Answer to Outsourcing
Outsourcing seems to be the hot button issue around campus right now. Everyone has an opinion about what Saint Anselm should be doing about the cafeteria workers and the janitors. For the first time this year, a piece of legislation actually passed through Senate stating SGA's official stance on outsourcing. This action by the senate certainly does speak to the significance of this issue to the student body.
It is completely understandable that people would be concerned about losing the familiar faces that we have seen all four years we have been here. These are some of the only people that have known us the entire time we have been here. Every day they make it quite obvious that they genuinely care about the college and us as individuals, and because they care, they work that much harder. That's one of the potential knocks against outsourcing.
It is important to believe in these tough times that the college has our best interests at heart. Their goal is to ensure that our educational experience is the best that it possibly can be. There are many people behind the scenes you may not think of, whether they are trustees, administrators, or from one of the many different offices. All of these people work hard every single day to figure out what the best direction for the college is.
Unfortunately, that is not an easy job, and many difficult decisions have to be made. That is because Saint Anselm College is a business, it is the business of education, but it is still a business nonetheless. But before they make these decisions, they weigh out every single option, every single potential result, and consider a variety of different factors and perspectives. They do this because it is very important they make the right choices. While this recession has created a bit of a transition period, many at the college would tell you this already was a time of transition for New England area schools because of the changing demographics. Traditional 18-year olds from New England, especially Massachusetts and New Hampshire, the primary market our college serves, are fast becoming as rare as carrier pigeons.
This is nothing new for Saint Anselm College. They have always had to make difficult decisions, and if you haven't noticed Saint Anselm is very highly regarded by people who know it. That is because our workers do a good job. We hope our administrators and trustees would never screw over the people that work here just to save a couple of bucks; that is not their way. This is an institution built on strong values and a high code of morality that they work hard to give us.
In the midst of this transition, there will certainly be changes, perhaps with outsourcing. Hopefully that is not the case. But Saint Anselm will do the right thing. We hope.
It is completely understandable that people would be concerned about losing the familiar faces that we have seen all four years we have been here. These are some of the only people that have known us the entire time we have been here. Every day they make it quite obvious that they genuinely care about the college and us as individuals, and because they care, they work that much harder. That's one of the potential knocks against outsourcing.
It is important to believe in these tough times that the college has our best interests at heart. Their goal is to ensure that our educational experience is the best that it possibly can be. There are many people behind the scenes you may not think of, whether they are trustees, administrators, or from one of the many different offices. All of these people work hard every single day to figure out what the best direction for the college is.
Unfortunately, that is not an easy job, and many difficult decisions have to be made. That is because Saint Anselm College is a business, it is the business of education, but it is still a business nonetheless. But before they make these decisions, they weigh out every single option, every single potential result, and consider a variety of different factors and perspectives. They do this because it is very important they make the right choices. While this recession has created a bit of a transition period, many at the college would tell you this already was a time of transition for New England area schools because of the changing demographics. Traditional 18-year olds from New England, especially Massachusetts and New Hampshire, the primary market our college serves, are fast becoming as rare as carrier pigeons.
This is nothing new for Saint Anselm College. They have always had to make difficult decisions, and if you haven't noticed Saint Anselm is very highly regarded by people who know it. That is because our workers do a good job. We hope our administrators and trustees would never screw over the people that work here just to save a couple of bucks; that is not their way. This is an institution built on strong values and a high code of morality that they work hard to give us.
In the midst of this transition, there will certainly be changes, perhaps with outsourcing. Hopefully that is not the case. But Saint Anselm will do the right thing. We hope.
This article was published on 12/11/09 in the Opinion section.
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