Meanwhile, Temple remains in negotiations. The graduate students’ association in November voted to authorize the negotiating committee to call a strike if necessary.
Following recent moves by other major universities, the University of Pennsylvania awarded nearly a 25% increase in its minimum pay for doctoral students — the largest one-time boost in the school’s history.
Students were pleased with the announcement and said it recognizes the advocacy efforts they have made for better pay for years. Michael T. Nietzel, former president of Missouri State University, wrote last month in Forbes that the increases have come as more graduate students around the country are forming unions and demanding better pay. He noted union efforts underway at Yale, Boston University, Florida State, the University of Chicago, and Johns Hopkins.
“We were happy to see that one of the universities in the city is paying grad workers what it costs to live here,” she said.In a statement, Temple said: “Each university, like every employer, has different levels of resources and considerations when making decisions on major cost items like compensation.”
Temple said it had offered a 3% increase each year for four years, plus a one-time payment of $250 or $500 depending on the student’s active employment. The raises, the school said, are consistent with what other bargaining units have received. The school said it also offered additional parental and bereavement leave.
The university also noted the stipend emerged as a priority on a survey last spring of graduate and professional students.
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