Graduate assistants at the University of Arkansas are asking for higher wages. The request comes as the pandemic has made it more difficult to obtain a second job or meant more time preparing to teach in socially-distanced classrooms or even remotely. The university is forming a committee to examine the issue while graduate students are continuing to collect signatures in support of their effort.
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U of A Grad Students Request Increase in Stipends
Graduate assistants at the University of Arkansas are asking for higher wages. The request comes as the pandemic has made it more difficult to obtain a second job or meant more time preparing to teach in socially-distanced classrooms or even remotely.