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Strikes and unions: Graduate students marshal their forces nationwide

University Business

Grad student labor organizing has spiked in recent years , according to William A. Herbert, executive director of the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions. Herbert cites the cost of graduate student labor to be a leading catalyst to this trend. 31 and Feb.

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Home Office efforts to stop abuse of care worker visa system inadequate, leading to ‘shocking’ abuse, says watchdog – politics live

The Guardian Higher Education

Former chief inspector of borders says Home Office does not appear to have identified any lessons from ‘this debacle’ In interviews this morning Gillian Keegan , the education secretary, admitted that special educational needs provision was in crisis, Ben Quinn reports.

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Temple Grad Students Start Strike

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” The union’s news release said, “Temple administration’s current proposal increases the base salary for graduate employees to just $22,500 by 2026.” If a graduate student instructor chooses to strike, the university will assign alternative instructors.

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Making financial wellness a priority for student success

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Only 27 percent of the Class of 2022 (then graduating seniors) had never interacted with their financial aid office, compared to 50 percent of the Class of 2025, then first-year students. 1 skill identified by the interviewed financial aid professionals as a necessary skill for undergraduate students. Share here.

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Offering academic flexibility after a campus shooting

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” ‘Cool Heads, Warm Hearts’ Dhriti Marri, an MSU sophomore, lives in a dorm across the street from the Student Union building, a popular hub of student activity with a food court and classrooms, and one of two buildings where the shootings took place. “It’s a struggle to find that balance.”

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Yale graduate workers form union after decades of organizing

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Arita Acharya, a graduate student researcher in genetics at Yale, said, “There’s a lot of factors that have contributed to this incredible wave of unionization in higher education, and I think one really important factor was the COVID pandemic.” Is this diversity newsletter?

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