Why are they really closing it for good? I'm a UCB grad and always thought FPF was a great program. I'm also shocked they'd let go of some truly great lecturers.

Learn more about the largest online student protest in history at https://www.hurricanetwou.com

https://www.highereducationinquirer.org/

"As the strike develops, the system has employed a number of obvious tactics, including divide and conquer actions and a number of appeals to the media and the public. We expect the mainstream media to side more with the system it serves rather then... — read more 

This is big when it comes out in Nature. "Part of the pay discrepancy is that graduate students are classified as part-time workers who, on paper, do only 20 hours of work per week, with the rest of the time devoted to their studies. But for many... — read more 

https://www.fairucnow.org/support/

For those interested in transitioning to the private sector. This is not an endorsement. https://cheekyscientist.com

How much info does UAW have on these people? https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/about/members-and-advisors/

https://twitter.com/uaw2865/status/1593297021892321280?s=20&t=G-WR_eEYauMGi1TwK54fSg

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dahn-shaulis_university-of-california-academic-workers-activity-

"Striking workers include researchers, graduate student researchers and instructors, trainees, fellows, and others who provide academic support across the University of California’s 10 campuses. " “'People live in very cramped situations, people... — read more 

https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/uc-assets-grow-38-billion-2021-168-billion-endowment-returning-337-percent-and-pension https://marketrealist.com/p/richard-blum-net-worth/

https://www.highereducationinquirer.org/2022/02/the-power-of-recognizing-higher-ed.html

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Thousands-vote-to-strike-across-UC-system-The-17554377.php

"UC Berkeley also turned away roughly 5,500 housing requests this fall, and due to high rents and scarce supply, nearly 40% of undergraduates cannot afford to live in the city."... — read more 

"After more than two years of stalled negotiations, 6,000 University of California lecturers are preparing to strike. The lecturers do one-third of all teaching but earn just a fraction of what their tenure-track counterparts do, with little in the... — read more 

"We live in an economic system that is unsustainable, unjust, and exploitative. Many of us in academia and the thought industry have known this for decades. Others with great wisdom have known this for centuries. Techies and disrupters think it can... — read more 

https://collegemeltdown.blogspot.com/2020/03/coronavirus-and-college-meltdown.html

http://sociological-eye.blogspot.com/2019/10/downfall-of-ncaa-would-improve-american.html

is having problems. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/2u-whistleblowers-detail-rampant-overpricing-behavior-dahn-shaulis/

None. All is good.