GRADUATE STUDENTS

Boston U halts Ph.D. admissions due to financial concerns of recent graduate student union deal

Boston University appears to have suspended its admissions process for various Ph.D. programs due to large costs of…

By Campus Reform
Nov 20, 2024

Cornell grad students join forces with far-left, anti-Israel union

In November, Cornell graduate students voted overwhelmingly to unionize and will be represented by the United Elect…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Dec 1, 2023

DR MARSCHALL: Graduate schools hold the key to universities' free expression problem

Campus Reform Editor in Chief Zachary Marschall, PhD, spoke on a panel about how administrators are hijacking the c…

By Celine Ryan Ciccio and William Biagini
Jul 18, 2023

University of Michigan graduate student strike reaches sixth week

The University of Michigan graduate students are striking for an increase in their salary to $58 per hour, the elim…

By Gabrielle M. Etzel
May 12, 2023

‘We’re here to stay!’: Graduate student strike ends after 42 days, 30% pay raise

Striking Temple University graduate students won a 30% increase in salary for their part-time work as research and …

By Gabrielle M. Etzel
Mar 16, 2023

University cracks down on grad student strike in effort to preserve undergrad education

Temple is cracking down on the Temple University Graduate Student Association strike by revoking tuition remittanc…

By Gabrielle M. Etzel
Feb 17, 2023

Graduate students want to unionize

University of Alaska graduate students employed by the university are exploring unionization, according to Alaska P…

By Alexia Bianchi '22
Jan 4, 2023

'Someone still has to pay': Student loan cancelation hurts average taxpayers, expert argues

Last week, President Biden said that he is considering student loan forgiveness for those Americans that make less …

By Wyatt Eichholz '24
May 9, 2022

UPDATED: Graduate student workers extend strike in push for unionization

Over 1,000 graduate student workers are participating in the strike, which officially began on Apr. 13.

By Leana Dippie '23
Apr 25, 2022

Columbia 'health policy' student calls for Critical Race Theory in medical school curriculum

Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health ran the Health Policy Management graduate student's article on its websi…

By Peter Cordi
Mar 23, 2022

ANALYSIS: How the rise of unionization on campus impacts undergraduate students

Graduate student worker unions rose in popularity and power in the last decade, as unions staged protests and held …

By Peter Cordi
Mar 9, 2022

Student workers union made new COVID demands as classmates returned to campus

COGS/UE Local 896 union, which represents graduate student workers at the University of Iowa, demanded an 'e-pivot'…

By Leana Dippie '23
Feb 8, 2022

Striking workers union, Columbia University reach tentative agreement on $140 million demand

PhD student workers at Columbia University voted to end a 10-week strike that centered around pay and labor conditi…

By Alexa Schwerha
Jan 11, 2022

Northeastern admin 'intimidated' to mentor minority students because of her racial 'privilege'

Amanda Cornwall is the assistant director for graduate education operations and the Ph.D. Network at Northeastern U…

By Ophelie Jacobson
Jan 20, 2020

Grad students urge STEM workers to boycott US military

The graduate student employee union at the University of Illinois is urging STEM workers to "refuse employment" in …

By Adam Sabes
May 9, 2018

Expert: Sen. Warren's student loan bill is much ado about nothing

Sen. Elizabeth Warren introduced new student loan legislation on Tuesday.

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
May 8, 2014

Graduate students move to unionize nationwide

Last week, UConn agreed to recognize its graduate students' union.

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
May 5, 2014