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Our news, opinion, and advice stories about labor issues in higher education answer your questions, like:

  • How are labor movements changing higher education?
  • Where are workers unionizing on college campuses?
  • How are existing labor contracts being negotiated?
Mass Layoffs
By Christa Dutton March 14, 2025
As demonstrators gathered in Washington, D.C., researchers met across town to discuss the toll that drastic reductions at the agency would have on their work.
The Review | Opinion
By Leonard Cassuto December 10, 2024
What the announcement might mean for graduate school writ large.
Finance & Operations
By Megan Zahneis November 19, 2024
The university’s decision points to a broader set of tensions surrounding graduate-student unionization and the need for reform in doctoral education.
The Workplace
By Christa Dutton October 28, 2024
The university announced months ago that current lecturers would be cycled out. Among those instructors, anger and distrust linger.
Exodus
By Adrienne Lu September 12, 2024
Faculty and staff members at Pennsylvania State University at New Kensington kicked off the fall semester with a sense of dread.
Data
By Audrey Williams June August 29, 2024
The new report is based on data collected from 902 higher-education collective-bargaining units.
The Work Force
By Taylor Swaak August 26, 2024
Contending for talent is nothing new in higher ed. But with AI raising the stakes, leaders say this time feels different.
The Review | Opinion
By Nathan Kalman-Lamb, Derek Silva August 26, 2024
The current professionalized student sport regime makes learning impossible.
Faculty Politics
By Adrienne Lu August 16, 2024
Officials of the faculty group say its previous position, crafted 18 years ago, was flawed.
Advice
By Leonard Cassuto July 30, 2024
Predictions and hopes for the future of Ph.D. training.