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Johns Hopkins Grad Students Successfully Unionize

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“Approximately 3,200 student workers across JHU’s 65 Ph.D. The union says it’s still awaiting National Labor Relations Board official certification. students in achieving personal and professional success.” That release says the university’s Ph.D.

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Temple Grad Students Start Strike

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” The union says it represents nearly 750 of these employees. The Inquirer reported that their average annual pay is $19,500, “and the union has sought to raise it to over $32,000, which it said is a necessary cost-of-living adjustment.” We deserve a contract that reflects our value to the university.”

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Why Worry?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

It will change higher education forever. Eroding public confidence in higher education. Campuses struggling with a student mental health crisis. Is it that higher education is reeling, that past failures are coming home to roost, and the long-anticipated day of reckoning has at last arrived? Grave threats to tenure.

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Maximising postgraduate experience with student-led initiatives

Teaching Matters Academic Support

The diversity of reasons for pursuing graduate education makes it challenging for universities to offer programmes that meet all the needs of the student population. The class representative works closely with the Programme Director, Engineering School, Student Union and other organisms across the university.