The darker underbelly of Rutgers University | Editorial

, one of the biggest walkouts in higher education history. It could involve virtually the entire teaching staff, shutting down classes at all three of the university’s campuses for more than 67,000 students.

The core issue is that the school increasingly depends on the mistreatment of a good chunk of its own faculty: part-time and untenured teachers who labor for low wages and have little, if any, job security. Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway seems to understand the need to fix this problem, which is pervasive across the country, and the school has been making some concessions in the effort to hash out new contracts. Let’s hope they get there before the strike.

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“If New Jersey’s flagship university can afford to pay administrators and coaches big salaries, why not chip in a bit more to help its teachers make ends meet?” After all it is college not the major leagues. Teaching is the main thing, no?

The situation was nearly inevitable knowing the economics. The supply of aspiring academics is far too high in an industry that has so few slots and little retirement to open opportunities for young people.

Precarious labor conditions are not unique to Rutgers. Every college and university in New Jersey, possibly more so than most other states too, relies on a disproportionate number of adjunct faculty who could make more money working full-time at Wawa.

Not sure why any parent would chose to send their kids to Rutgers. Covid shutdowns, politics and now this. It’s always in chaos there. Go spend your money at some other school. Preferably out of state.

Its riddled with invading Chinese and Indians, using work and school visas to gentrify and destroy America through a form of passive colonization. America needs to stop using American colleges and universities to educate non-Americans. They can go to their schools.

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