gthc21 t1_it4ejga wrote on October 20, 2022 at 9:12 PM

Some confusions I am noticing on this thread:

This has nothing to do with undergrads and students (like masters students) paying to go to JHU. This is about PhD students, who basically are research employees of the university, doing a lot of labor, publishing papers, and bringing in all of the university’s grant money. PhD students take classes for 1-2 years then are just research employees who happen to get a degree at the end. It takes like 5-7+ years for this. Hopkins pays PhD students a small stipend to live on, <$34k. The administration increased the stipend by 2% in an 8+% inflation year and seemingly does not care or listen to graduate workers needs. They have also had issues continuously giving out late payments/missing payments for years. The unionization efforts is to fix this.

blankitty t1_it5urly wrote on October 21, 2022 at 3:43 AM

I hope they and other PhD students get the pay they deserve. It's criminal how people take advantage of people so passionate about their fields of study.

UsedConsideration t1_it8abyq wrote on October 21, 2022 at 5:34 PM

Now consider the medical residents who work 80 hr work week and get paid <60k and only 3 weeks vacation. The DOCTOR with 8+ years of graduate education who is taking care of your mother and your grandfather … is making less $$ than a McDonald’s worker.