Houses, Cars, and Massive Bonuses: The Perks of Being a University Executive
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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."
fusion.kinja.com
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.