Students who recently turned protesters at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg say the school has increasingly made education into a business.
In preparation for a planned “Occupy Mary Wash” event, similar to an Occupy Wall Street protest, the UMW Bullet reported earlier this month the students held a teach-in to express their frustrations about lack of representation on the school’s Board of Visitors.
“What’s important is that we all realize that education is becoming a business. What we can do with the BOV is to show them that we want our own voice,” the newspaper quoted one of the students.