student organizing Archives

student organizing Archive

NEWS BRIEFS: U of Michigan Cancels Student Referendum on Middle East Situation

UM administration canceled a student vote on conflicting referendums regarding the Israel-Hamas war.

by Future U/ December 1, 2023/ Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Amid Grad Instructors’ Strike, University of Michigan’s Administration Wants Surrogates To Submit Spring Semester Grades

“Bypassing faculty-of-record and hiring third-party graders is infringing on faculty freedom.”

by Future U/ April 26, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Teaching/

PERSPECTIVE: What’s Happening at Grinnell Gives Hope

The college president endorses the outcome of an election that expands an on-campus union to cover every student worker.

by Future U/ April 30, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: MSU Students Launch Change.org Petition re MSU’s COVID Policies

Issues faced upon returning for Fall Semester prompts action.

by Future U/ September 23, 2021/ MSU, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: Univ of Oklahoma Students End Sit-in for Racial Justice

“Organized by the Black Emergency Response Team, known as BERT, ended Friday with the student group saying that progress had …

by Future U/ February 29, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: Marc Edelman On The Future of College Players Rights

Mr. Edelman speculates in an article published in the Cardoza Law Review.

by Future U/ December 25, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Student Protests Have Been In The Vanguard Of Change — Then And Now

Read this informative analysis, published recently in The Atlantic.

by Future U/ December 24, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Why Student Organizing Is Important

California is the example explored in this feature article published in Truthout. Read more here.

by Future U/ June 7, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Letter to Stanford U. by Stanford Assoc. of Students for Sexual Assault Prevention

Here are a list of requests made to the Stanford U. administration by a Stanford student organization.

by Future U/ June 9, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVE: Why I Decided to Join Students At A Campus Strike

Managerial expenditures outpaced faculty expenditures at CSU Los Angeles by a 2-1 rate. Read Enrique Ochoa’s response here.

by Future U/ April 8, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Duke Students Organize, Seek Improvements In Campus Working Conditions

Students occupy administration building “demand an investigation of labor practices, an increase in the minimum wage to $15 per hour by the end of …

by Future U/ April 8, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Collegiate Connection in the Black Lives Matter Movement

The economic gap in the African-American community is an important issue in Black Lives Matter. Read Henry Lewis Gates, Jr. here.

by Future U/ February 5, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Profiles of Student Activists From Around the U.S.

Who are they? Where are they? Here are profiles of notable student activists and work they’re doing on America’s campuses.

by Future U/ February 3, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Campus Activists Maintain Pressure on Schools to Divest

Student groups are putting pressure on colleges to respond to priority issues. Here’s an example–divesting & combatting global climate change.

by Future U/ January 4, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Student Activists Compel Change at the Univ. of California

From The Daily Nexus: UC sold ~$25 million of indirect investments after the Afrikan Black Coalition, encompassing UC’s nine Black Student Unions, made public …

by Future U/ December 19, 2015/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/