article thumbnail

Temple University Strips Tuition Assistance and Health Insurance for Grad Students on Strike

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Matthew Ford, a lead negotiator for the Temple University Graduate Students’ Association (TUGSA), said that Temple has also begun stripping students of health insurance.

Insurance 199
article thumbnail

Strikes and unions: Graduate students marshal their forces nationwide

University Business

majority, citing a desire for higher stipends, health insurance, and paid sick days, and PTO. Temple’s ongoing graduate student strike catching national headlines did not happen in a vacuum.

Insurance 119
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Temple Strike Ends After Grad Students Accept Deal - Ryan Quinn, Inside Higher Ed

Ray Schroeder

The Temple University graduate student workers’ strike, which lasted over a month and got ugly when the university pulled tuition and health insurance benefits, has come to an end. Temple University’s graduate student workers have approved a new union contract that includes thousands of dollars in raises, ending a walkout that began Jan. 31 and had included the university temporarily axing strikers’ health coverage and tuition remission.

article thumbnail

BusinessWire: New Research Reveals Consumer Frustrations with Healthcare Billing and Lack of Processes for Correcting Errors

Hanover Research

privately and publicly insured adults, sponsored by Zelis, highlights opportunities to improve the healthcare financial journey. A Hanover Research survey of 800 U.S.

article thumbnail

New School Part-Time Faculty Reach Agreement with University, Agrees to End Strike

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Union members said that compensation was still not on par with those at comparable institutions in the city but that all their health insurance demands had been met.

Faculty 207
article thumbnail

Here are the top risks college leaders are worried about this year - Rick Seltzer, Higher Ed Dive

Ray Schroeder

Half of college leaders identified recruitment and hiring — employing talented staff and faculty — as one of the most pressing risks facing their institutions, an annual survey from insurer United Educators found. College leaders are sharply more concerned about risks from recruitment and hiring than they have been in recent years, according to a new survey.

article thumbnail

Students Sue Yale, Alleges Systemic Discrimination Against Students with Mental Health Disabilities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

And those leaving for disability-related reasons often end up forfeiting chunks of their tuition and room and board payments and lose student health insurance, the suit states. “I

Insurance 290
article thumbnail

Onondaga Community College Offers $75,000 Retirement Incentive

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Faculty members over the age of 55 are eligible for the new early-retirement package, which includes postretirement health insurance. The Onondaga Community College Board of Trustees approved a $75,000 early-retirement incentive for senior faculty members on Tuesday in response to enrollment losses.

article thumbnail

Which Benefits and Perks Attract Candidates During a Job Search?

Symplicity

PTO and Healthcare Insurance A big part of improving your recruiting strategies on campus is understanding what Gen Z wants in a job. PTO and health insurance benefits are one of the most important benefits to candidates during a job search.

article thumbnail

Benefits of Integrating Service-Learning With Other High-Impact Practices

The Scholarly Teacher

There are liability release forms to consider, as well as liability insurance. By: Dawn M.

article thumbnail

Texas universities propose two-year tuition freeze in exchange for nearly $1 billion in additional state funding

University Business

As Texas lawmakers consider what to do with an unprecedented $32.7 billion state surplus, leaders of the state’s six largest public university systems are pitching that nearly $1 billion be allocated toward higher education.

article thumbnail

How AIFS Keeps Students Safe Abroad

AIFS Abroad

Comprehensive insurance package. All AIFS Abroad participants receive a comprehensive travel and medical insurance package from Cultural Insurance Services International (CISI), a leading insurance provider in the international education field.

article thumbnail

Asking ChatGPT About Coaching

Dr. Laura Pasquini

Consider getting liability insurance. Based on the chatter and traffic on the OpenAI ChatGPT , I have no doubt folks are sourcing more than college essays or exam answers from this platform. There are probably professionals asking (or should be asking) questions to our robot friends.

Insurance 147
article thumbnail

A Friendly Attempt to Balance Steve Mintz’s Piece on Higher Ed Hard Truths

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Rather than focusing on preventive care and population health, hospitals and providers are incentivized to provide expensive care to patients with the best private (employer-based) insurance and public (Medicare) insurance.

article thumbnail

Funding source shouldn't affect postdoc benefits (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

With 230 research institutions and more than 20,000 postdocs as members, the National Postdoctoral Association has seen postdocs struggle with fundamental life choices, such as whether to have a family and how to provide them with insurance, that should not be impacted by their funding source.

Insurance 128
article thumbnail

Dartmouth Launches Fellowship Program for STEM Diversity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Akré raised her hand and described some of the decisions that people in that position have to make—like whether to pay for insurance or whether to pay for gasoline or a cell phone bill.

article thumbnail

Temple Restores Health Coverage to Striking Grad Students

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Temple University announced Tuesday that it has restored the health insurance benefit it cut for striking members of the graduate student workers’ union. But the university didn’t say anything about restoring tuition remission for the strikers, who have been asked to pay up by today. Temple’s cutting of their health and tuition benefits drew national media attention.

article thumbnail

Climate Change, the University, and ‘The Great Displacement’

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In that case, climate change-driven sea level rise is already impacting your property values, insurance costs, and perhaps even the ability to stay in your home.

article thumbnail

Endowment Returns Down for Fiscal Year 2022, Especially for Schools with Less

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Inflation and geopolitical disruptions caused endowment returns to fall by 8% in fiscal year 2022, according to an annual study released last week by the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) and the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA).

article thumbnail

U of Minnesota President Quits Controversial Board Seat

Confessions of a Community College Dean

billion in retirement plan assets for university employees, and its affiliate Minnesota Life Insurance Company is in the middle of a life insurance contract worth $4.6 University of Minnesota president Joan Gabel on Monday resigned her position on the Securian Financial Board of Directors, citing weeks of “extremely painful” scrutiny over potential conflicts of interest between her two roles, The Pioneer Press reported. The company holds $1.3

article thumbnail

Take It From Me….You need a Health Plan

College Forward

Take It From Me…You need health insurance (or at least a viable plan just in case you get sick, injured, or have other health-related issues arise) With everything that happens at the end of the year, one of the most important things for you to do is make sure you’re fully covered by medical, dental, and vision insurance for the next year. If you work for an employer who provides health insurance, you too may be good to go as long as you remain with your employer for the year.

article thumbnail

Student Loans, College Costs, and Parental Self-Denial

Great College Advice

Auto insurance? Oh, and then there is health insurance. Or, “No, Virginia, there is no Santa Claus.”. In 1897, an editorial in the New York Sun responded to an 8 year-old girl named Virginia that there was, in fact, a Santa Claus.

article thumbnail

Controversy Over U of Minnesota President’s Board Work

Confessions of a Community College Dean

million to the company to cover employees’ life insurance. A controversy has broken out over University of Minnesota president Joan Gabel’s role on a corporate board. A complaint has been filed with state and federal agencies against Gabel’s work on the board of Securian Financial by a regent, a law professor and the former governor Arne Carlson, according to WIZM News. They say the work raises questions because the university pays $4.6

article thumbnail

5 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Study Abroad (Wink Wink)

AIFS Abroad

With AIFS Abroad, you can find a program that includes everything you’re looking for (like tuition, housing, insurance, cultural activities and optional flight and meal plans). Last Updated on January 23, 2023 by Cat Rogliano Warning: This post may contain satire.

article thumbnail

U of Minnesota President Quits Controversial Board Seat

Confessions of a Community College Dean

billion in retirement plan assets for university employees, and its affiliate Minnesota Life Insurance Company is in the middle of a life insurance contract worth $4.6 University of Minnesota president Joan Gabel on Monday resigned her position on the Securian Financial Board of Directors, citing weeks of “extremely painful” scrutiny over potential conflicts of interest between her two roles, The Pioneer Press reported. The company holds $1.3

article thumbnail

Texas Universities Offer to Freeze Tuition for $1 Billion

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The system presidents said the university chancellors asked for more general-revenue funding as well as more funding for university employee health insurance and the program that gives free college tuition to military veterans and their children. The leaders of the six largest university systems in Texas have agreed to freeze tuition for undergraduates for the next two years—if the state provides $1 billion in extra funds, The Texas Tribune reported.

article thumbnail

Humanity in Healthcare Emphasized in Youth Career Pathways Partnership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A report from the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) found that “racial and ethnic minorities receive lower-quality health care than white people – even when insurance status, income, age, and severity of conditions are comparable.”

article thumbnail

Top 8 Questions to Ask When Considering Studying Abroad

Study and Go Abroad

Will you need to buy private insurance ? If there is no healthcare offered by the school, what advice or assistance on private health insurance will be provided? What kinds of scholarships are available to offset health insurance costs ?

article thumbnail

Harvard Postdocs, Other Non-Tenure-Track Trying to Unionize

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” “Workers have expressed concern over many issues, including: wages that fall short of the cost of living; job insecurity; lack of protections for international workers; inequities in child care support, parental leave and health insurance; and discrimination, harassment and bullying,” the union said. Harvard University lecturers, postdoctoral researchers and other non-tenure-track academic workers launched a unionization campaign Monday.

article thumbnail

Collegis Education Expert Predictions for 2023’s Top Higher Education Trends

Collegis Education Higher Ed Trends

Mark Relf Senior Manager – Information Security Cyber-insurance coverage will become more difficult to obtain. The insurers are gaining knowledge from security incidents and events that they have had to honor. The last few years have been a roller coaster in higher education. Even before the pandemic, colleges and universities were facing rising competition in the market and a shrinking pool of high school graduates.

article thumbnail

Dig in to your retirement options with Retirement Ready

CU Work-Life Balance

March 3 — Medicare 101 : This presentation covers the four basic parts of Medicare: hospital insurance, medical insurance, Medicare Advantage plans and prescription drug plans. Experts will detail how Medicare works with other insurances and provide helpful informational resources.

article thumbnail

Yale Softens Mental Health Policies for Students

Confessions of a Community College Dean

By allowing Yale students to take a leave of absence for a mental health crisis instead of forcing them to withdraw, the new policy ensures that they have continued access to health insurance through the university, the Post reported.

article thumbnail

Answering the Call

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Spates has seen pharmacists transition in their careers to areas such as medication therapy management or working with insurance companies. While still fighting for official provider status, pharmacists have proven to be crucial in delivering care and helping address healthcare disparities.

article thumbnail

Tips to Make Your School More Secure in 2022

Collegis Education Higher Ed Trends

Schools that don’t prioritize their cybersecurity efforts in 2022 may pay a heavy price: Without strong IT security policies and activities in place, cybersecurity insurance companies may either refuse to insure the institution or charge much higher premiums. To protect the institution from breaches, stay insured, keep premiums lower and remain compliant with laws, colleges should consider these tips for 2022: 1. Did you know?

article thumbnail

Temple strike ends after grad students accept deal

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The university will also start paying 25 percent of health insurance premiums for graduate student workers’ dependents.

article thumbnail

Michigan grad workers striking over pay, trans health care

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Some of these are really onerous requirements for letters from doctors or letters from insurance that wouldn’t be required for any other kind of health care but are being required for gender-affirming care.”

article thumbnail

Fired Linfield Professor Wins Over $1M Settlement

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” “The university’s insurers recommended the agreement, and the decision is unlikely to have an impact on Linfield’s budget or finances moving forward,” the university said. The tenured professor who was fired after speaking out against Linfield University’s Board of Trustees and president about alleged sexual misconduct and antisemitism has won a court settlement of more than $1 million.

article thumbnail

Fiscal Mapping: A Start

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In my own state, for example, the state determines what institutions must pay towards employee health insurance. The governor’s proposal for the coming fiscal year includes a $0 increase in operating funding – again – while charging the community colleges $12 million more in health insurance premiums. It isn’t just about health insurance.

article thumbnail

A Student and Faculty Guide to Risk Management While Studying Abroad

Study Aborad Association

Carry health and accident insurance . Mitigating Risk with Health Insurance. Both students and faculty traveling overseas should make sure they have health insurance that will offer coverage overseas. .

article thumbnail

Temple Grad Students Start Strike

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Every other Temple employee contributes part of their salary toward health care and prescription insurance. Temple University graduate students began striking Tuesday for the first time in that union’s history, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

article thumbnail

Texas Universities Offer to Freeze Tuition for $1 Billion

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The system presidents said the university chancellors asked for more general-revenue funding as well as more funding for university employee health insurance and the program that gives free college tuition to military veterans and their children. The leaders of the six largest university systems in Texas have agreed to freeze tuition for undergraduates for the next two years—if the state provides $1 billion in extra funds, The Texas Tribune reported.

article thumbnail

Don’t just leap into retirement, make a plan with Retirement Ready

CU Work-Life Balance

March 11 — Medicare 101 : This presentation covers the four basic parts of Medicare: hospital insurance, medical insurance, Medicare Advantage plans and prescription drug plans. Experts will detail how Medicare works with other insurances and provide helpful informational resources. Like any new adventure, retirement can be exciting — and intimidating.

article thumbnail

Residency in Europe – How to get permanent residency in Europe

Buddy4Study

You must have been paying health insurance costs and relevant social taxes and fees in your host country. Proof of health insurance. Proof of health insurance from either a public or private provider. Proof of medical insurance.