Students & Education

from Friends of the RNC 8

--please forward to student groups in your community!--

Grad students at the University of Minnesota marched last week to protest exorbitant, and ever increasing student fees. The fight is perhaps most clearly illustrated by a brief review of the numbers: most TAs and RAs at the U earn less than the living wage for Minneapolis, which stands around $18,553. When fees are subtracted (which this year was about $1100) most grad students in the College of Liberal Arts make less than the income needed to qualify for food stamps ($13,500).