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In July 2019, more than 300 union members signed a letter threatening to hold a strike authorization vote if negotiations did not make progress. [13] In late October, after a two-week voting period, about 2500 graduate students voted to authorize the bargaining committee to call a strike, with 90.4% of votes cast favoring strike authorization. [14]
Washington and Lee had an average GPA of 3.27 in 2006 and Swarthmore's graduates had a mean GPA of 3.24 in 1997. [35] To clarify the grades on its graduates' transcripts, Reed College includes a card, the current edition of which reports that "The average GPA for all students in 2013–14 was 3.15 on a 4.00 scale. This figure has increased by ...
The 2024 Boston University strikes were labor strikes in Boston, Massachusetts by graduate students and residential life workers at Boston University.The first strike began on March 25, 2024, ending October 17, 2024, and was organized by the Boston University Graduate Workers Union (BUGWU) labor union, which is affiliated with the Service Employees International Union Local 509.
USC and unionized graduate student workers agree to a tentative contract with big pay boosts and anti-harassment protections, averting a strike.
Harvard Law School – The current grading system of dean's scholar, honors, pass, low pass, and fail had at one time a recommended curve of 37% honors, 55% pass, and 8% low pass in classes with over 30 JD and LLM students. [131] Between 1970 and 2008 Harvard established a GPA cut-off required in order to obtain the summa cum laude distinction.
The union's decision to strike on the 19,764-student campus — where nearly 2,000 students are in graduate school — could deal a blow to operations at a critical time during the final weeks of ...
On Monday, April 15, members of the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition voted to authorize the strike. A total of 646 members voted in favor of the strike (92%) while 53 voted against.
Despite a 2005–06 strike, NYU graduate student employees union were not able to obtain union recognition. [4] [61] In April 2010, more than 1,000 NYU graduate assistants again filed an election petition with the NLRB. NLRB Acting Regional 2 Director Elbert F. Tellem denied the petition, deferring to the NLRB's 2004 decision in Brown ...