by Helena Worthen & Tracy Berger Higher education institutions are vast, interactive, labor-intensive systems. A problem in one part can harm or shut down the rest. “There is not enough staff to make things run” is a warning that a whole institution, students and faculty included, could falter. Understaffing is a strategy, not just one […]
The Chair of the Department of Spanish & Portuguese and the Dean of UCLA Humanities decided to reduce the most popular and impactful language courses––cutting 26 sections of Spanish for second and heritage language learners, impacting 650 students every year. As a result, the university will lose two FirstGen US Latinx faculty—a Latina and gay
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The UMassD graduate student experience has gotten worse every single year: school fees continue to increase; pay is not even adjusted for yearly inflation; and employee workloads have expanded way beyond contract hours. We are not asking for much. We need healthy food to eat, and a safe place to sleep. Yes, we knowingly chose
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Sign here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stand-with-eastern-michigan-university-faculty Faculty at Eastern Michigan University represented by EMU-AAUP-AFT Local 6759 have been diligently working to bargain a new contract. Even after the expiration of the existing contract on August 31, faculty have bargained in good faith in the hopes of reaching a fair and respectful contract. Unfortunately, EMU’s administration has not responded
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The Graduate Student Action Network (@GradAction on Twitter), a group of grad student leaders at 50+ universities in 30 states, is organizing a Day of Student Action for Bodily Autonomy on Oct 6, 2022. Graduate, undergrad, medical, and law students will leave their classrooms and labs, gathering together on campus to publicly demand federal laws
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We strongly support the demands of Howard University’s non-tenure-track (NTT) lecturers and adjuncts for reasonable compensation, stability of employment, long-term job security, and increased transparency and consistency around hiring, promotion, and termination. We urge you to negotiate with SEIU Local 500 in good faith as quickly as possible in order to avoid forcing them to
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Are you a Professor or Higher Educational Instructor that supports full student debt cancellation and Free College? Are you a student and want to help grow the movement to #CancelStudentDebt and make College Free for All? Send this letter to your professors and instructors! PLEASE SIGN BY MARCH 15TH, 2022. Sign the letter here.
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Register Now for the National Center’s Webinar: Race, History, and Academic Freedom, A Teach-in March 2, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. EST The webinar seeks to educate those working and studying on campuses throughout the country about the current attacks on the teaching and learning about race in American history. The webinar has been endorsed by the
On April 4th, 2022, the Debt Collective and allied organizations are coming together in Washington D.C. for “PICK UP THE PEN, JOE” Day of Action, along with local solidarity actions across the country. We’re bringing the demand for full student loan cancellation and a pathway to tuition free college right to Biden’s doorstep. People who
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