Are classrooms becoming too small? Are teachers coming and going at the flick of a light? Are student and teacher relationships a thing of the past? If your answer to any of these questions is yes, then it is time to speak out.

Sacramento State students, faculty and people from the community will speak out in a “Teach In” meeting Tuesday on the future of the quality of education in the California State University system.

The meeting will start in the Hinde Auditorium at 10 a.m., will move to the Outdoor Theater from 12-2 p.m., and finally to the University Union Orchard Suite from 2-4 p.m.

Jeff Lustig, president of the California Faculty Association and a professor of government at Sac State, said that the CSU system is moving away from quality education – hiring of part-timers, which leads to less tenured faculty and an increase in class size, which in turn leads to a lack of one-on-one relationships between students and teachers and bogus merit pay plans for faculty.

“We need to talk about the future of CSUS, and to see if there is a risk to corporate trends in CSU education,” Lustig said.

Lustig said the main goal of the CFA is to create good relationships between teachers and students, but because teachers are coming and going and class sizes are increasing, both teachers and students are ultimately suffering.

“We need to discuss the future of CSUS and how the learning conditions and faculty conditions may be losing optimal quality,” said Justin Fox, a student intern for CFA.

Some of the attendees participating in the meeting include many Sac State faculty, students, and people from the Community; assemblyman Darrell Steinberg, and keynote speaker Alexander Cockburn. There will also be an open mic session.

For more information on Teach CSU, call 278-6196.