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Syracuse Grad Workers Unionize

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“We will negotiate in the spirit of partnership and respect that have been the hallmarks of our labor-management relationships to date,” Ritter wrote. “In the meantime, we remain committed to ensuring a positive, rewarding and successful experience for all our graduate students.

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Colleges Are Outsourcing Their Teaching Mission to For-Profit Companies. Is That A Good Thing? (Richard Fossey*)

Higher Education Inquirer

University employees staffed the campus bookstore, ran the student union, and performed janitorial services. National fast-food chains operate stores in countless student unions. Higher Education Inquirer estimates that AP collects about half the revenue from the courses and programs they manage.

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Temple University leadership is under fire yet again for these 3 reasons

University Business

More than 800 union members (81%) cast a vote of no confidence in their ability to lead one of the state’s leading research universities. In January, Temple’s graduate student union went on its first-ever strike in school history. In addition to the long-term issues, 2023 has been nothing short of a rocky year.

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Understanding the student experience better

SRHE

This increase can be quantified, should you wish, by the number of papers cited under the rubric ‘Students’ in the SRHE Research Abstracts. It has been suggested that with the ‘customer is king’ since 2010 there is a need to know about your customers, the students allegedly at the heart of things.

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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I thought about how quiet I’d been as an undergrad, and I felt there was something I needed to do and should do at MIT to get more African American and minority students in and to make it more hospitable.” Jackson did that by co-founding the Black Student Union. Department of Defense on science and technology.

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NEW Semester Program! Study at the University of Westminster in London

AIFS Abroad

And if you’re majoring in fashion at your home institution, you can even take theory modules from the Fashion Business Management degree program. The University of Westminster Student Union also offers a range of clubs and societies for students to follow their interests, try out new hobbies and meet local students.

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Making financial wellness a priority for student success

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Build up financial literacy Most students don’t think about financial literacy until they’re about to graduate, says Brad Barnett, associate vice president for access and enrollment management and the financial aid director at James Madison University.