USC's Non-Tenure Track Professors Take First Step to Unionizing
Big news out of USC today, as over 500 non-tenure track faculty filed a petition for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board. Seeking to... Read MoreUniversity Lecturers on the Breadline: Is the UK Following in America’s Footsteps?
The Guardian takes a first-hand look at the U.S.' ongoing trend towards the corporatization of higher education, and the real effects of driving down the cost... Read MoreUSG College Affordability Resolution Hits the Mark
Daily Trojan writer Lily Vaughan weighs in on the recent affordability resolution put forth by USG: "The lack of transparency as to where these funds are... Read MoreNew CFO Should Invest Responsibly
The Daily Trojan weighs in on USC's new CFO, and the need to invest in the workers and faculty who make our university great: "As the University grows in... Read MoreUSG Introduces Resolution on College Tuition
In an effort to increase transparency and lower tuition costs, members of USG introduced a resolution on college affordability last night. From the Daily... Read MoreTracking the Money: Where Do Your Tuition Dollars Go?
From Annenberg TV News: "USC collected $1.3 billion in tuition money in 2014, 65% of its total revenue. Most of that money went to employee... Read MoreProtesters Ask USC: What Are We Paying For?
From Annenberg TV News: "Members of USC Forward, a group of students, faculty and community members fighting for “a better USC”, gathered outside... Read MoreOutside of USC, Pat Haden Holds More Than a Dozen Roles That Pay at Least a Half-Million Dollars a Year
The LA Times reports: "Haden, whose annual salary and benefit package at USC is $2.5 million, collected about $135,000 combined in annual fees from four... Read MoreTeaching While Poor: Adjunct Professors and the Fight for Fair Wages
From The Nation, amazing video chronicling the fight for fair wages in higher education: "If there’s one area that isn’t contributing to our historic... Read MoreA Multigenerational Hit: Student Debt Traps Parents and Kids
From the AP's Josh Boak, more on rising student debt loads and the long term effects on families: "America’s crushing surge of student debt, now at $1.2... Read MoreMaybe it's time for USC to think about something other than money, prestige, and football championships?
Yet another USC scandal requires blunt talk about money culture and values on campus
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Dismissal of football coach, NCAA sanctions preceded medical school dean controversy at USC
"To recap: Poorly paid workers at a rich institution, who suffered from low pay, poor benefits, and little job security, organized and came together and collectively bargained. In exchange for their efforts they won significant pay increases, better benefits, and greater job security. They did this even while working at an institution hostile to their goals. If you do what they did you can get what they got.
Anyone who tells you otherwise does not want you to get a raise."
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Adjunct professors—the worker ants of higher education—are the lowest-paid highly educated workers in America. What could unions do for them? Here is your freaking answer.