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...Faculty also discussed yesterday ongoing changes in the financial aid plan of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS...
...DeWolfe provides desirable housing, and undergraduates should be allowed to live there, but the buildings should become an independent residential complex, rather than an annex for the river Houses. Like the co-op, which currently falls under the umbrella of Dudley—the non-randomized House with which GSAS and off-campus undergraduates are affiliated—DeWolfe should become a location where upperclass students can elect to live. Every year there will be students who prefer not to reside in a House setting, students who wish to prepare their own meals and enjoy the relative quiet and privacy...
Furthermore, the financial burdens of graduate students differ significantly from school to school. The John F. Kennedy School of Government, the GSAS, and the Divinity School all share common characteristics of having small classes and demanding a low tuition. Additionally, potential students are often deterred from entering these fields by the fact that their graduates do not traditionally enter high-paying jobs. On the other hand, the Law School and the Medical School have high tuitions with the promise of rewarding salaries after graduation—a situation that creates a significant burden for students who wish to enter lower...
...contrary, the GSC would continue to provide its important service as the voice of graduate students to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) administration on academic and quality-of-life issues. Graduate student representation to University committees; issues regarding student housing, transportation, campus safety and facilities; services such as the research and travel grant competitions—these are all ongoing areas in which the GSC plays a vital role in the lives of graduate students...
Relations between the GSAS administration and the GSC have been good in recent years; there is no reason union organization should change that. The existence of a graduate student union would only damage this relationship if the administration, or worse, the GSC itself, was too short-sighted to see that students will continue to need such a representative body...