Female instructor: Good morning, Paul.
Male instructor: Morning. Hey, I just heard something about a problem with registration for one of the biology classes? Do you know anything about that?
Female instructor: Yeah. It looks like the Developmental Biology class is already full. Some of the students are complaining—it's a required course for them and they're pretty upset that they can't get it in this semester... and it's not offered next semester.
Male instructor: I can see that. They have to take that class before they can take some of the upper-level courses. So how many students are we talking about?
Female instructor: Well, so far, it looks like there are about 10 students who couldn't get in but need to take the course this semester.
Male instructor: Well, we should open a new section. I'm sure we can hire another teaching assistant to teach the class. Or maybe one of the TAs would be willing to teach two classes—they always want the extra money.
Female instructor: A new section's a great idea but are all 10 students really gonna be available at the same time?
Male instructor: Maybe not, but if they really need the course, they'll have to revise their schedules ...it is a requirement.
Female instructor: Hmm. Another option is to get some of the students who don't need the class this semester... get them to drop the class. We should probably focus on the first-year students since they don't really need the class yet.
Male instructor: We could send out a letter explaining the situation ... and let them know that they'll get top priority if they want to register for the class next year.
Female instructor: We might have to deal with some angry students.
Male instructor: Well, what can we do?
