From the Daily Cal: Graduate student organizers in the UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare began a tuition strike Jan. 19 in response to “grave concerns” about recent layoffs of two union-protected lecturers in the program. The lecturers... were named in a letter that students sent to leadership at Berkeley Social Welfare. Campus spokesperson Janet Gilmore said campus could not comment on confidential personnel matters.
In the letter, students said their tuition strike is also in protest of further grievances regarding department budget cuts and tuition increases. Students expressed that they felt there were “troubling patterns that have severely degraded the quality and integrity of our program”and announced that a collective tuition strike would “begin immediately.” The letter also details a list of demands, including the reversal of [the two] layoffs, restoration of practicum support, financial transparency and tuition freezes, reduction of required practicum hours and student representation in administrative decision-making...
Gilmore said campus would not speculate about the impacts of a tuition strike, but that campus policies around nonpayment would apply. According to the campus Student Billing website, if a student has unpaid fees of $100 or more over 60 days past due, Billing and Payment Services is authorized “to place a hold on a student’s registration and diploma until the financial obligation is satisfied.” ...
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