Research Blog #10: Final Abstract and Bibliography

Abstract

The “RU Screw” is much more than just a catchy phrase used in “reference to the football team sucking,” it is something that is absolutely real.  Over the course of this university’s long history there have been so many problems and instances where students and faculty do not receive the proper care and attention that they should, which has ultimately created a negative stigma and specific term that refers to all of these redundant, yet calculated efficiencies. The inefficiencies established by the original federated college system, the failure of the Transformation of Undergraduate Education, millions of dollars in budget cuts, and a push toward privatization, has resulted in the evolution of the “RU Screw.”  Once referring to the university’s incompetence, the “RU Screw” now describes the strategic inner workings of a deceitful and cunning bureaucracy.  The vindictive attitude “The Rutgers Screw” presents, interferes with the formation of a progressive atmosphere and in turn, has limited the overall growth of the institution.  

Works Cited

Abrams, Samantha. “What is Your ‘RU Screw’ Story?” Survey. 2013.

Anonymous. "Rutgers seriously doesn’t get enough money from my tuition and taxes that they have to fuck me over with bullshit parking tickets too?  Ill bee in a great mood all day now that I have to waste 55 fucking dollars cuz of some asshole rent a cop throwing out tickets like their confetti." 14 Oct. 2013. Facebook post.

Moffatt, Michael. Coming of Age in New Jersey: College and American Culture. New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, c1989. Print.

NEA Higher Education Research Center.  “Higher Education and Privatization.”  NEA Update.  10.2 (March 2004). Web.

“RU Screw.” Urban Dictionary.com. Urban Dictionary, 2013. Web. 5 November 2013.

Swan, Aubrie E. "The Transformation of Undergraduate Education at Rutgers University: An Evaluation." Rutgers University Community Repository. n. page. Web. 15 Oct. 2013. <http://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/25945/>.

Tomar, Dave. The Shadow Scholar. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Kindle Edition.