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The cost of college keeps climbing for students while average pay for those teaching them is decreasing.
One Culprit: Admin.
“Students should expect their faculty members to be supported well have the resources they need to do a good job”
usnews.com/education/article…
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In Roxbury, officially known as the “heart of Black culture in Boston,” the government demolished the Dudley Street Church in the 1960s and replaced it with a police station. Such "urban renewal" projects also displaced thousands in the area. More info: segregationbydesign.com/bost…
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Remember that kid you gave a “C” to in your state politics course? He is now in the state legislature and is about to end tenure.
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On this #MothersDay, we'd like to honor all mothers while recognizing the student debt crisis as a gender equity issue and something women and parents struggle with. Women are disproportionately impacted by student debt -- this is not okay. The time to #CancelStudentDebt is now!
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A new study finds that working-class union households hold nearly 4X as much median wealth ($201,240) as the typical working-class nonunion household ($52,221)
This suggests that union membership vastly increases wealth for working-class families
americanprogress.org/article…
@amprog
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OUSD has failed to come to the table in good faith. Educators will be on the picket line tomorrow, on strike for our students & for Oakland schools. Join us on the picket line. We will continue to negotiate in good faith & hope the district does the same. #Unite4OaklandStudents
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At an event hosted by Patriotic Millionaires today Jeff Clements says:
“The top 100 wealthiest among us have 60,000 times as much political power as everyone else. Concentrated wealth is concentrated power. It’s wrong, dangerous, and Americans know it.”
Fight for Enlightenment ideals like your democracy depends on it. #investigatemillscollege
"Florida’s attack on #academicfreedom, tenure, CRT, & gender studies is ultimately much more than an attack on so-called wokeism...
It’s an attack on 1 of the checks & balances—the university—our democracy can’t live without."
insidehighered.com/opinion/v…
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STRIKING WORKS!
Breaking: Hailing "profound victories," Rutgers unions reach deal to end strike
Deal includes:
14% raise for full-time faculty
44% increase in per credit salary rate to adjuncts over 4 years
Raises pay of graduate student teaching assistants to $40,000
politico.com/news/2023/04/15…
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hell yeah
We announced today that all 14 workers in the @berkeleyside & @Oaklandside newsrooms and their parent company @citysidelocal are unionizing. We met dozens of times over 1.5 years to talk about how we can ensure a strong future for local journalism. This is why we're organizing:
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I want to congratulate the workers at @ruaaup for taking the courageous step to go on strike. You are inspiring the labor movement across this country. I am proud to stand in solidarity with you.
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With antisemitism on the rise globally, it’s crucial for the Jewish community to know they’re not fighting alone. Retweet this video with #StandUptoJewishHate to show your support.
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The multi tiers of contingency - all the better to keep faculty fractured, competing w/ each other, unstable, insecure. "Over 68% of fac members held contingent appointms in fall 21, including FT NT-track (13%), full-time with no tenure system (7%), & part-time (48%) faculty."
New AAUP report released today further documents shift in academic workforce: Over 68% of faculty members held contingent appointments in fall 21, including full-time non-tenure-track (13%), full-time with no tenure system (7%), & part-time (48%) faculty.
aaup.org/article/data-snapsh…
Support HBCU students.
NOW: @Harvard is hosting an event for its grad students to sign up for federal food assistance. You know, because it doesn't pay them enough.
@hgsuuaw grad student union pres. @kljungz told me about it this morning:
vice.com/en/article/93kwaa/h…
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“This country hasn’t come to grips with what divestment in higher education has meant."
-@ProfTWolf VP of @ruaaup
The surge in campus organizing is an expression of – & response to – the ongoing austerity in public higher ed
Good read:
teenvogue.com/story/graduate…
#AcademicTwitter
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We publish incredible writing.
From TBQ6, do asians dream of perfect sleep? from @thanh_pb
So many stunning lines: "I wish a very support network to unlikeable survivors. I hope the nasty ways you clawed back when cornered doesn't lose you everything"
tacobellquarterly.org/do-asi…
This is why there should be an investigation into the acquisition of Mills College by Northeastern University. Mills College had one of the highest scores for social mobility but got bought out in a fishy deal with NEU to expand their Silicon Valley footprint.
Apologies, we added the wrong link to the story above. Here is the correct link.
usatoday.com/in-depth/money/…
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Why am I running for Senate? Because #RepresentationMatters 👇
Watch: Rep. Barbara Lee discusses her Senate campaign and what it would mean to become the third Black woman Senator in U.S. history. on.msnbc.com/3Z4sXNs
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Students at Wellesley College will vote on a nonbinding referendum that considers opening admission to nonbinary and transgender applicants, including trans men. The school now allows admission to anyone who lives and consistently identifies as a woman. nyti.ms/3l6GpSB
