When I entered my grad program 6 years ago, the mandatory fees were ~$150/semester. They have gone up over 200% since then!
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Kendra Murray
11 years ago
When I entered my grad program 6 years ago, the mandatory fees were ~$150/semester. They have gone up over 200% since then!
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Christina Whitworth
11 years ago
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Christina Whitworth
11 years ago
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Jared Turley
11 years ago
Agreed
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Jared Turley
11 years ago
Agreed
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Keri Miller
11 years ago
It seems just common sense to keep all fees transparent.
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Keri Miller
11 years ago
It seems just common sense to keep all fees transparent.
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Hannah Andrews
11 years ago
This is absolutely shameful. I would really love to see a detailed report of how this money is being used to, as the website says, "fund customized student services related to online courses for things like tutoring, advising, tech support, and enhanced electronic learning tools."
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Hannah Andrews
11 years ago
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This is absolutely shameful. I would really love to see a detailed report of how this money is being used to, as the website says, "fund customized student services related to online courses for things like tutoring, advising, tech support, and enhanced electronic learning tools."
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Renee Reynolds
11 years ago
Taylor,
I volunteer you to be our organizer. Why don't you get the protest and strike and union plan together? Let us all know when you are done with that, and we will can all talk again.
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Jesse Minor
11 years ago
The UA Green Fund is a good example of a student-run fee with a high degree of transparency. The IT fee should be restructured to be more similar to the Green Fund.
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Jesse Minor
11 years ago
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The UA Green Fund is a good example of a student-run fee with a high degree of transparency. The IT fee should be restructured to be more similar to the Green Fund.
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Taylor Genovese
11 years ago
I also agree with you completely and I am glad that this kind of passion exists. Personally, I think that the GPSC is a neutered organization that doesn't stand up for administration oppression. What we need to do is form an actual student union and demand bargaining rights with the administration. Wage exploitation and fee hikes are rampant and will not end without direct action. I invite anyone who agrees with me to contact me. My NetID is trgenovese. You can email me if you want to organize for actual action.
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Taylor Genovese
11 years ago
This is another example of the administration at this school being completely out of touch. Most of these administrators are earning six-figure salaries and impose fees without justification. Petitions are all well and good but organization and direct action is needed in order to enact actual change. The GPSC is equally culpable by not standing up to administration. We need to formally organize into an actual union and demanding bargaining rights with the University administration. Without protest and striking, the administration will not pay attention.
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Taylor Genovese
11 years ago
This is another example of the administration at this school being completely out of touch. Most of these administrators are earning six-figure salaries and impose fees without justification. Petitions are all well and good but organization and direct action is needed in order to enact actual change. The GPSC is equally culpable by not standing up to administration. We need to formally organize into an actual union and demanding bargaining rights with the University administration. Without protest and striking, the administration will not pay attention.
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Geoff Boyce
11 years ago
we should be clear about the nature of these fees: when the university raises mandatory fees on grad students, this represents a pay cut for graduate employees
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Laurel Bellante
11 years ago
Each year, grad students are required to pay fees that constitute nearly a month's worth of wages (about $600 per semester). Paying these fees is always difficult on already less-than-poverty wages. At the least, grad students deserve to know how this money is being used.
When I entered my grad program 6 years ago, the mandatory fees were ~$150/semester. They have gone up over 200% since then!
When I entered my grad program 6 years ago, the mandatory fees were ~$150/semester. They have gone up over 200% since then!
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Agreed
Agreed
It seems just common sense to keep all fees transparent.
It seems just common sense to keep all fees transparent.
This is absolutely shameful. I would really love to see a detailed report of how this money is being used to, as the website says, "fund customized student services related to online courses for things like tutoring, advising, tech support, and enhanced electronic learning tools."
This is absolutely shameful. I would really love to see a detailed report of how this money is being used to, as the website says, "fund customized student services related to online courses for things like tutoring, advising, tech support, and enhanced electronic learning tools."
Taylor, I volunteer you to be our organizer. Why don't you get the protest and strike and union plan together? Let us all know when you are done with that, and we will can all talk again.
The UA Green Fund is a good example of a student-run fee with a high degree of transparency. The IT fee should be restructured to be more similar to the Green Fund.
The UA Green Fund is a good example of a student-run fee with a high degree of transparency. The IT fee should be restructured to be more similar to the Green Fund.
I also agree with you completely and I am glad that this kind of passion exists. Personally, I think that the GPSC is a neutered organization that doesn't stand up for administration oppression. What we need to do is form an actual student union and demand bargaining rights with the administration. Wage exploitation and fee hikes are rampant and will not end without direct action. I invite anyone who agrees with me to contact me. My NetID is trgenovese. You can email me if you want to organize for actual action.
This is another example of the administration at this school being completely out of touch. Most of these administrators are earning six-figure salaries and impose fees without justification. Petitions are all well and good but organization and direct action is needed in order to enact actual change. The GPSC is equally culpable by not standing up to administration. We need to formally organize into an actual union and demanding bargaining rights with the University administration. Without protest and striking, the administration will not pay attention.
This is another example of the administration at this school being completely out of touch. Most of these administrators are earning six-figure salaries and impose fees without justification. Petitions are all well and good but organization and direct action is needed in order to enact actual change. The GPSC is equally culpable by not standing up to administration. We need to formally organize into an actual union and demanding bargaining rights with the University administration. Without protest and striking, the administration will not pay attention.
we should be clear about the nature of these fees: when the university raises mandatory fees on grad students, this represents a pay cut for graduate employees
Each year, grad students are required to pay fees that constitute nearly a month's worth of wages (about $600 per semester). Paying these fees is always difficult on already less-than-poverty wages. At the least, grad students deserve to know how this money is being used.
Transparency!
Transparency!