Colorado State graduate students petition for higher pay, lower fees
Graduate student workers at Colorado State University have formed a group petitioning the university and the CSU Board of Governors to raise graduate student worker stipends and lower their fees. Students in the Graduate Workers Organizing Cooperative are citing Fort Collins’ increased cost of living and the amount of work they do for the university, along with lasting economic impacts of the pandemic, as reasons they should be better compensated. The university estimated around 2,000 of its 6,400 graduate students receive assistantships, meaning they are paid a set amount to serve as re...
Source: coloradoan.com