Campaign to Organize Graduate Students
Reimburse graduate-student fees I am a graduate student at the University of Iowa, and I have signed the petition calling for full fee reimbursement for UI graduate employees, because graduate students are an asset to the university and thus an asset to society. My fellow graduate employees and I recognize that we receive a wonderful … Read more
The Des Moines Register released an editorial based on COGS’ white paper about fees, “Tuition By Another Name”: Lawmakers should study fees while debating tuition freeze The union that represents 2,300 graduate workers at the University of Iowa injected some substantive information last week into the debate over tuition increases at Iowa’s public universities. The Campaign … Read more
UE Local 896 COGS released a white paper on Tuesday, December 16, 2014 discussing the lack of transparency and public accountability concerning student fees. COGS is concerned that “fees” are just tuition by another name, which allow UI and the Iowa Board of Regents to claim that tuition is “frozen” while still increasing individual costs … Read more