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Effects of Unionization on Graduate Student Employees: Faculty-Student Relations, Academic Freedom, and Pay

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dc.contributor.authorRogers, Sean
dc.contributor.authorEaton, Adrienne E.
dc.contributor.authorVoos, Paula B.
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-12T21:05:00Z
dc.date.available2020-09-12T21:05:00Z
dc.date.issued2013-04-01
dc.description.abstractIn cases involving unionization of graduate student research and teaching assistants at private U.S. universities, the National Labor Relations Board has, at times, denied collective bargaining rights on the presumption that unionization would harm faculty-student relations and academic freedom. Using survey data collected from PhD students in five academic disciplines across eight public U.S. universities, the authors compare represented and non-represented graduate student employees in terms of faculty-student relations, academic freedom, and pay. Unionization does not have the presumed negative effect on student outcomes, and in some cases has a positive effect. Union-represented graduate student employees report higher levels of personal and professional support, unionized graduate student employees fare better on pay, and unionized and nonunionized students report similar perceptions of academic freedom. These findings suggest that potential harm to faculty-student relationships and academic freedom should not continue to serve as bases for the denial of collective bargaining rights to graduate student employees.
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dc.identifier.other7518764
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/71794
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.rightsRequired Publisher Statement: © Cornell University. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.
dc.subjectunionizing
dc.subjectgraduate students
dc.subjectNLRB
dc.subjectcollective bargaining
dc.titleEffects of Unionization on Graduate Student Employees: Faculty-Student Relations, Academic Freedom, and Pay
dc.typearticle
local.authorAffiliationRogers, Sean: ser265@cornell.edu Cornell University
local.authorAffiliationEaton, Adrienne E.: Rutgers University
local.authorAffiliationVoos, Paula B.: Rutgers University

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