Fees are not inherently bad, but the lack of transparency suggests that fees are not being used in the manner intended.
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Zachary Brooks
11 years ago
Fees are not inherently bad, but the lack of transparency suggests that fees are not being used in the manner intended.
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Carmen E. L'Annunziata Monge
11 years ago
Hells yes!
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Joe Lowney
11 years ago
These fees are absolutely out of control. Fees increased 60% since I was admitted to the program. The administration uses fees in a predatory manner to dodge the publicity of tuition increases. Organizations within the university responsible for disbursing funding won’t share how the money is being spent, particularly the IT fee. This sounds like a violation of the Freedom of Information Act, not to mention blatant fraud waste and abuse. Where is this money going? Students should take a stand and actively protest these fees! Let’s move from advocacy to action!
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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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Kate Freeman
11 years ago
Agreed!!! It is time for students to take a visible, political stand against their exploitation by university administrators!!!
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Dee Hill Zuganelli
11 years ago
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Just when you think you clear on average $16,000 per year as a half-time teaching assistant, you kiss $1,000 of it goodbye to pay fees. And for what? Another update to D2L? For the WiFi to go out? For administration to hire someone's best friend for a new job that makes no sense? Stop it. For real.
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Laurel Bellante
11 years ago
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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.
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Cari Tusing
11 years ago
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Once the goals proposed for the fees are met, the fees should be ended. Fees should have a specific, clear function. They should not be used in lieu of raising tuition.
Fees are not inherently bad, but the lack of transparency suggests that fees are not being used in the manner intended.
Fees are not inherently bad, but the lack of transparency suggests that fees are not being used in the manner intended.
Hells yes!
These fees are absolutely out of control. Fees increased 60% since I was admitted to the program. The administration uses fees in a predatory manner to dodge the publicity of tuition increases. Organizations within the university responsible for disbursing funding won’t share how the money is being spent, particularly the IT fee. This sounds like a violation of the Freedom of Information Act, not to mention blatant fraud waste and abuse. Where is this money going? Students should take a stand and actively protest these fees! Let’s move from advocacy to action!
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
Agreed!!! It is time for students to take a visible, political stand against their exploitation by university administrators!!!
Just when you think you clear on average $16,000 per year as a half-time teaching assistant, you kiss $1,000 of it goodbye to pay fees. And for what? Another update to D2L? For the WiFi to go out? For administration to hire someone's best friend for a new job that makes no sense? Stop it. For real.
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.
Once the goals proposed for the fees are met, the fees should be ended. Fees should have a specific, clear function. They should not be used in lieu of raising tuition.