Computer Programming

Algonquin college does not care about its students or its professors as far as I can tell. They seem to be hiring more and more contract profs instead of tenured ones. As a result, many students end up basically being forced to take night school, with classes scheduled from 4pm-10pm (which I'm guessing is because the profs all have day jobs). They will also have profs only teach half a semester of a course, and then someone new will take over, not knowing where the last prof left off. To be clear, the professors themselves are pretty good and do their best with what they're given. My complaints are entirely related to the administration and scheduling decisions. The college was also unhappy recently with the amount of students who chose not to attend classes in person following the pandemic. I learned from a student who is currently taking the same program I took, that the professors were told they had to deliver crucial information pertaining to assignments in person during each class, and not write it down or otherwise make the information available online. This is frankly ridiculous in a technical course such as programming, where "crucial information" is often related to complex syntax or logic that could easily be miscommunicated if it is only delivered verbally.