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Following program cuts, new West Virginia University student union says fight is not over

University Business

The movement is part of a wave of student organizing at U.S. The union called the move to eliminate 8% of majors and 5% of faculty a failure of university leadership to uphold its mission as a land-grant institution. Read more from ABC News.

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Building Community through Faculty, Staff, and Student Mixers

The Student Affairs Blog

The Faculty, Staff & Student Mixers, hosted by The Office of Multicultural Student Affairs (OMSA) are designed to bring together members of VCU’s diverse communities in a welcoming and celebratory environment.

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Helping People Be Their Best

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That dedication to hearing students’ voices helped her discover her students were concerned by a lack of diversity in the faculty and board of trustees. So, De Vinne created the Faculty Diversity Fellowship Program, where new Ph.D. graduates can come live and teach at the institution for at least one year.

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Rutgers University Unions Go on Strike After Year of Failed Contract Negotiations

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Three unions representing approximately 9,000 Rutgers University faculty and staff went on strike Apr. This was the first educator strike in Rutgers history, according to the unions. Phil Murphy urged university and union bargaining committee representatives to meet in his office Monday, according to a statement.

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West Virginia University students push back on program and faculty cuts after $45M budget shortfall

University Business

The West Virginia United StudentsUnion organized separate rallies on campus. Students were encouraged to wear red in honor of the red bandanas West Virginia coal miners fighting to unionize wore during their march on Blair Mountain , the largest armed uprising in the United States since the Civil War.

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Strikes and unions: Graduate students marshal their forces nationwide

University Business

He believes that graduate students have increasingly assumed the brunt of teaching and research responsibilities compared to tenured faculty, and, according to one of his articles , the employment growth of graduate students was triple that of tenured faculty. They didn’t really consult anyone.

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Students push back with protest against planned program and faculty cuts at West Virginia University - LEAH WILLINGHAM and JOHN RABY, Associated Press

Ray Schroeder

West Virginia University students staged a walkout Monday to protest the proposed elimination of academic programs and show support for faculty and staff whose jobs are being targeted as the university addresses a $45 million budget shortfall.

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