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The @BORUSG apparently made another (quieter) budgetary choice: it will not roll back the special institutional fee in FY 2021.

This means that graduate students will continue to pay ~$3000/yr in fees out of modest stipends:

usg.edu/assets/regents…
The @BORUSG budget tells us what the system values.

And what Chancellor Wrigley and @BORUSG Board Members have decided they can ignore.

And how out of step we remain compared to peer institutions.
A year ago, I spoke out publicly in @AJCGetSchooled on the need to roll back these fees:

ajc.com/blog/get-schoo…
I stand by this call for change.

Having @GeorgiaTech be "#1" by charging more in graduate fees amongst @AAUniversities is not a good look, at any moment, whether last year or this year or next year.

At what point do leaders say: enough is enough?
How many times do we need to be featured in @washingtonpost (@JonMarcusBoston)

washingtonpost.com/local/educatio…
or in @ScienceMagazine (@k_langin)

sciencemag.org/careers/2019/0…
How long does @BORUSG intend to ignore students who speak out in favor of a change?

Enormous 👏for each of these 1000+ @GeorgiaTech students who stepped forward:

matthewoshaughnessy.github.io/petition/gtgra…

And to all those in the state who spoke up.
Is it a surprise that many GA legislators recognized the fallacy that graduate students should pay to work rather than be paid for work, both via #HB1023 and #SB457?

legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en…

legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en…
This is not just a missed opportunity.

This is simply a failure by the @BORUSG leadership to recognize the value of graduate students who are paid modest stipends as key partners in research, teaching, and entrepreneurship missions.
The long-term health of member institutions who work at the forefront of research requires a change, even more so amidst a pandemic when science, engineering, and policy for the public good is needed for all.
To students and alumni of @GeorgiaTech, @universityofga, @GeorgiaStateU: graduate student support is vital to the health and future of research and discovery in the @BORUSG system.

Time for a change.
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