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Essay / Research Paper Abstract
This 7 page report discusses the
issues associated with the fact that countless numbers of low-paid or even unpaid
"professionals" who are employees of the university setting but who rarely receive either
the same benefits or compensation as "real" employees. As a result, such students have
begun to organize or try to organize unions to represent their unique needs and concerns.
AN annotated bibliography lists and describes 6 sources.
Page Count:
7 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_BWgradun.rtf
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role as tuition and fee-paying students, they also work as teaching, research, and administrative assistants. As a result, universities have countless numbers of low-paid or even unpaid "professionals" who are
employees of the university setting but who rarely receive either the same benefits or compensation as "real" employees. Not surprisingly, there are a number of people who find such a
system to be an unfair burden on the advanced student. Equally unsurprising is the fact that most universities are rather adamantly opposed to the concept. And yet, the question has
to be asked whether or not such students are or are not employees? If they are employees, they should have the right to organize themselves and demand fair representation. If
they are not employees, then they should not be required to take on responsibilities that are not rightfully theirs. Regardless of whether senior staff and professors believe that working as
a teaching assistant or putting in extra hours in the research lab is simply part of "paying your dues," there is no getting around the simple truth that graduate students
are "used and abused" by the type of institution for which they will one day work. Should Graduate Students be Considered Employees? The student researching this issue
and developing a research proposal related to the topic will, first of all, determine what his or her own personal feelings are on the topic. If he or she is
writing from the perspective of an over-burdened teaching assistant who has enormous academic and "worker" demands to deal with, it is likely to establish a strong bias for organizing a
union. Personal experience can always serve as a valuable component in analyzing a particular issue. For the purposes of this report, suggestions will be made based on the assumption that
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