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Boston College Must Provide Better Health Care Benefits For Its Graduate Student Workers

Boston College Must Provide Better Health Care Benefits For Its Graduate Student Workers

Andrew Clark • February 22, 2022

This semester the Boston College Graduate Employees Union launched a petition demanding better health care. Boston College provides woefully inadequate health care for its graduate workers, and the recent...

Lynch Teaching Fellows to Maintain Full Health Care Coverage

Lynch Teaching Fellows to Maintain Full Health Care Coverage

Jack Miller • August 29, 2019
A previous policy change, made in early August, announced that fourth- and fifth-year teaching fellows would not be eligible for coverage in the upcoming academic year.
As Columbia Decides Not to Bargain with Grad Student Union, BC Reaffirms Decision to See Appeal Through

As Columbia Decides Not to Bargain with Grad Student Union, BC Reaffirms Decision to See Appeal Through

Jack Goldman • February 7, 2018
“This is going to establish a trend, a pattern, and a precedent,” Gary N. Chiason, a professor at Clark University, told The New York Times.
FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016, file photo, an American flag flies over Capitol Hill in Washington, as lawmakers return from a 7-week break. The federal government recorded a deficit of $107.1 billion in August, slightly lower than the July deficit. But the imbalance through 11 months of this budget year is up sharply from a year ago, reflecting higher spending and lower-than-expected tax revenues. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

House Tax Bill Would Cost Endowment, Grad Students

Cole Dady • November 19, 2017
The proposal calls for a 1.4 percent excise tax on the endowments generated by large, private institutions, such as BC. The University announced in September that its endowment had reached $2.4 billion.
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Grad Students Honored at Center for Teaching Excellence Award Event

Chris Russo • May 4, 2016
On Wednesday evening, graduate students at Boston College received awards for their work as teaching assistants.
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Escaping a Genocide, Jumping on Train Tracks: Students Share Stories at Grad Talks

Taylor St. Germain • April 24, 2016
On Friday afternoon, BC graduate students recounted their experiences in and joy in confronting societal problems.
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