Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 26, 2024
Thirteen positions, 15 administrative appointments for faculty, the chief diversity officer role, and DEI contracts with outside vendors — ALL GONE. The same campus that recruited, supported, and welcomed me as a first-generation college student in the 1990s would likely be ill-equipped to do the same today. Dr. Susan D. Dr. Susan D.
University Business
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
It’s simply far cheaper for students to do it than tenured faculty. Another culprit in the rise of student unions is the insecurity students experienced during the pandemic. Aside from these basic concerns … the administration didn’t take input from grads—or faculty, for that matter, or staff,” Korsunsky said.
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Ray Schroeder
AUGUST 29, 2023
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. They're also calling for increased spending by the state in higher education, among other things.
University Business
AUGUST 23, 2023
The West Virginia United Students’ Union organized separate rallies on campus. Organizers said they want to halt the university’s planned reductions, seek an independent audit of its finances and reduce WVU’s administrative spending. They also called for increased spending by the state in higher education, among other things.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 6, 2023
In a news release, the union said graduate workers have cited low pay, high workloads, poor health-care benefits and lack of support for international and marginalized employees. “In the meantime, we remain committed to ensuring a positive, rewarding and successful experience for all our graduate students. Hide by line?:
Confessions of a Community College Dean
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
“TRU has been around since 2015, and now we are heading into the next stage of our movement to support grad student workers to do the work we came to JHU to do,” said Andrew Eneim, a graduate worker, in a Wednesday union news release. students in achieving personal and professional success.” Hide by line?:
Confessions of a Community College Dean
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Temple University graduate students began striking Tuesday for the first time in that union’s history, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. 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.”
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