{"id":29867,"date":"2024-07-16T15:00:24","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T15:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/discussion-4-graduate-student-workers-stipends-fees-strikes-discussion-group-4\/"},"modified":"2024-07-16T15:00:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T15:00:24","slug":"discussion-4-graduate-student-workers-stipends-fees-strikes-discussion-group-4","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/discussion-4-graduate-student-workers-stipends-fees-strikes-discussion-group-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussion #4 | Graduate student workers, stipends, fees &#038; strikes &#8211; Discussion Group 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Once or twice each semester I try to target content to pressing, new issues &#8211; and this is one of those weeks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">This week&#8217;s Discussion will center the debate currently on &amp; off campus regarding graduate student workers, their compensation, and their protests and strikes that have occurred on campus. For full transparency, I encourage you to reflect on the data &amp; resources provided here (and elsewhere), to arrive at your initial post and opinions therein. I am not a graduate student (anymore, although all faculty\/PhDs have been one at some point in their lives!), so presently I have little &#8220;skin in the game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">First, read these articles (in order chronologically):<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">12\/6\/2015:<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The Chonicle of Higher Education indicates a potential schism about maximum graduate student pay<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px -1px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>at the University of Wisconsin&nbsp;https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/wisconsin-grad-students-want-pay-parity-across-disciplines\/&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">1\/11\/2018:<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The state of graduate student employee unions<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px -1px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.&nbsp;https:\/\/www.epi.org\/publication\/graduate-student-employee-unions\/&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">9\/27\/2020: IDS Opinion<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">article regarding graduate workers<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px -1px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.&nbsp;https:\/\/www.idsnews.com\/article\/2020\/09\/indiana-university-graduate-students-living-wage&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">4\/7\/2022: &nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">As graduate workers contemplate strike, Bloomington campus officials announce raises<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px -1px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.&nbsp;https:\/\/www.idsnews.com\/article\/2022\/04\/graduate-workers-contemplate-strike-bloomington-campus-officials-announce-raises<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">[Note: Below, you will be asked to substantiate your thoughts with two additional resource(s)]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Then, consider a few data points for reflection:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Values vary by college\/school (e.g., Luddy School of Informatics vs. College of Arts and Sciences) but it&#8217;s estimated that&nbsp;31% of IU undergraduate classes are taught by graduate students (Sources: IU College of Arts &amp; Sciences<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Task Force on Graduate Student Funding<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px -1px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>&amp; the<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">IDS<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px -1px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a>)&nbsp;https:\/\/www.indianagradworkers.org\/2019-coas-report&nbsp;https:\/\/www.idsnews.com\/article\/2020\/09\/indiana-university-graduate-students-living-wage&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Approximately half (7\/15) Big 10 Schools have union protections for at least some graduate students (Source:<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Big 10 Stipend Analysis<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px -1px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a>)&nbsp;https:\/\/github.com\/ahoho\/stipend-analysis\/blob\/main\/big10_summary.csv<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">It is estimated that IU graduate students 9 month stipends are the second lowest in the Big 10 (Source:<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Big 10 Stipend Analysis).<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px -1px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a>&nbsp;Note: this data is is imperfect\/incomplete (as determining the number and value of graduate student stipends across all Big 10 schools has data collection &amp; standardization issues)&nbsp;https:\/\/github.com\/ahoho\/stipend-analysis\/blob\/main\/big10_summary.csv&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Part 1: Your original post<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Complete these steps:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Please number your responses.<\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Find<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">two additional resources<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>to help you wade through the issue of graduate student stipends and labor rights. They can be broad (such as an academic article), or specific (such as an IDS article); however, they should be reputable. If you find a resource or website that you think has limitations or bias, be sure to acknowledge that (as I did in my last bullet point above).<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Provide a link to each article, and summarize what you found. 4 pts total<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>(1 pt per link, 1 pt per summary).<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">To your knowledge, have you had a class that was taught by a graduate student worker? How do you think your experience with or without having a graduate student worker teach one of your classes impacts your perceptions?<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">2 pts.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Look up the federal poverty threshold. Compare and contrast this in relation to what we know about graduate student stipends at IU. Summarize your findings.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">2 pts.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What additional details, data, or viewpoints do you think are important in this issue? (These can be found in the links above, and\/or in your own findings\/links)<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">2 pts<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Draw connections between the components of wellness we have examined so far and this debate about graduate student worker rights. Make specific, relevant, and clear connections to course content from at least 4 wellness dimensions (physical, mental, environmental, social, occupational, financial).<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">4 pts.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">As an undergraduate student, summarize your opinion on this issue and any intended involvement you may or may not take. 2<strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;pt<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once or twice each semester I try to target content to pressing, new issues &#8211; and this is one of those weeks. This week&#8217;s Discussion will center the debate currently on &amp; off campus regarding graduate student workers, their compensation, and their protests and strikes that have occurred on campus. 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