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On one hand, given the inherent scarcity of "good schools" any concession will likely be paid for by students at large in the form of tuition increases. On the
by endisneigh 4y ago
On one hand, given the inherent scarcity of "good schools" any concession will likely be paid for by students at large in the form of tuition increases.
On the other hand, tuition increases were going to happen anyway, so you might as well get something from it.
In any case, it's good to see people standing up for themselves. Your move, USC.
- thaumasiotes 4y ago> On one hand, given the inherent scarcity of "good schools" any concession will likely be paid for by students at large in the form of tuition increases. > On the other hand, tuition increases were going to happen anyway, so you might as well get something from it. Your second point completely nullifies your first point. If this causes tuition to rise to the same level it was going to reach anyway, students are paying nothing for this.
- diffeomorphism 4y agoNo, both points are perfectly fine. It is just your addition of "same level" that is unreasonable and completely nullifies your post.
- endisneigh 4y agoI did not say anything about the rate of the increase, only an increase existing in general, so no.
- thaumasiotes 4y agoIn that case, your followup completely nullifies your second point.
- endisneigh 4y agono, because we are talking about two different parties. the people in the union do not pay tuition, so it is irrelevant to them. most graduate students who are working do it in lieu of paying tuition the entire dispute, hence the article, is that they are not paid enough and the value of their work is basically dwindling in comparison to the tuition that they would otherwise be paying and comparable work. there are two options - either lower their tuition, which is not helpful since they do not pay, or raise their wages. USC did not comply, and thus they had to unionize and force the issue. the other pro-union argument is that those who are working who are not graduate students will benefit as the wage that's being paid will also need to reflect the non-union wage since there are non-graduate students, like lab techs, who often do the exact same job as someone in grad school in a lab.
- thaumasiotes 4y ago> no, because we are talking about two different parties. So what? Either tuition hits the same level that it would have anyway, or it doesn't. The first possibility makes your first sentence meaningless. The second one makes your second sentence meaningless.
- endisneigh 4y agoI don’t why this is so hard for you to understand lol. Anyway hope you can figure it out.
- kuhewa 4y agoReally they could just offer a couple fewer graduate assistantships and/or think twice before bloating the administrative payroll with another deputy VP of whatever position making $120kpa.