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Fall Forum: Dispatches from the Crisis at West Virginia University

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by Jill Penn and Aimee Loiselle, Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Education On November 1, SFNDHE, a founding partner of HELU,  hosted its first solo virtual forum. Lisa Levenstein (UNC-G) organized the event, and Karma Chávez (UT-A) moderated with WVU speakers Lisa DiBartolomeo (Russian Studies, Slavic & East European Studies) and Jessica Wilkerson […]

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Support PSC-CUNY on December 2nd at Sing Out Shout Out for #APeoplesCUNY

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Saturday, December 2, 2023 from 1-3pm, allies and community members are invited to join the Sing Out Shout Out for #APeoplesCUNY. We will join together to SING OUT for a fair contract for the hardworking faculty and staff of CUNY, and we will SHOUT OUT for full funding from our Governor in her upcoming budget

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The impact of political interference: The 2023 Faculty in the South Survey

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This survey was sent out by the Georgia, North Carolina, and Texas Conferences of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), the United Faculty of Florida, and Texas Faculty Association. These organizations have been at the forefront of fighting attacks on tenure and academic freedom. They invited faculty from community colleges, public universities, private universities,

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Common Dreams: “Biden and the Democrats Better Fight Like Hell for Student Debt Relief”

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“PDA is proud to be a founding member of a coalition convened by Higher Education Labor United (HELU) that is calling for exactly that. Free, or almost free, higher public education was the norm across America only a few decades ago—and it was central to the unprecedented wealth and growth of American society in the

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Colleges and universities are under attack. HELU is going on the offensive – join us.

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Colleges and universities are under attack. HELU is going on the offensive – join us. In the past few days, disastrous Supreme Court decisions struck down affirmative action and overturned Biden’s partial student debt cancelation program. This confirms once again: we need a fighting movement to rebuild U.S. higher education. From the Supreme Court to

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Vanderbilt Graduate Workers United: Solidarity. Logo with fist and garlands of leaves.

Sign the petition for fair pay at Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of Education

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Current graduate student stipends and benefits at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education and Human Development are not substantial enough to alleviate the severe economic burdens imposed by the increasing costs of living in the city of Nashville. Sign the petition for fair pay at Peabody. Most Peabody PhD student workers receive $28,000 stipends. This

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