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Student Spotlight: Alexander’s Semester Abroad in Budapest

AIFS Abroad

By choosing to spend an entire semester in Budapest, Hungary instead of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, I was giving up half a year of memories with my friends, opportunities with multiple student organizations, and the opportunity to learn from multiple professors at UA in my field of Economics and Finance.

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The Power of Recognizing Higher Ed Faculty as Working-Class (Helena Worthen*)

Higher Education Inquirer

They often lack access to offices, professional development, research funds, and opportunities to collaborate with peers or vote in faculty meetings. Second, it helps us understand and appreciate graduate student’s efforts to win the right to be recognized as employees (not “apprentices” on a stipend) who rely on their jobs for living.

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