Protests Over Sexual Violence Rocked Campuses Last Fall. So What's Changed? chroni.cl/3Su2eqy

Great reporting here on RAs and student workers who are trying to form unions — by our fantastic interns: chronicle.com/article/why-mo… Carolyn Kuimelis

Resident assistants at Barnard filed for union recognition on Monday, joining a small but growing number of undergraduate employees who are trying to unionize. Grace Mayer and I talked to RAs about why they're organizing and what barriers they face: chronicle.com/article/why-mo…

“People are realizing that they're working way more than they're paid, or that they’re producing more for their college or institution than they are necessarily being recognized for,” said a union organizer who has helped Wesleyan and Barnard students. chroni.cl/3SAykkp

The Chronicle of Higher Education Beckie Supiano Jack Stripling Intern Grace Mayer has only been here for a month, but she shows she's already a pro with this piece distilling the feud at Michigan State between the president/provost and the board: chronicle.com/article/aggres…

For your weekend reading list: This well-reported insight into what unionization can mean for dining-services workers, from Grace Mayer. chronicle.com/article/colleg…

A human higher ed story for your Monday morning. Proud of Grace Mayer for her hard work on this: chronicle.com/article/colleg…

College Is a Dividing Line in Politics. Here’s What You Need to Know. ift.tt/kYp4tl0 from Sarah Brown, Carolyn Kuimelis, and Grace Mayer

What does it look like to teach — and have grades due — during a monthlong strike by teaching assistants in the University of California system? Grace Mayer and Carolyn Kuimelis explain, but the short story, as one prof put it: "It's a mess." chronicle.com/article/its-a-…

.The Chronicle of Higher Education interns Carolyn Kuimelis & @gracemayerr have been doing great work covering the grad-student strike @ the U. of California, including visiting CA to report. The UC system enrolls 220,000+ undergrads. Grades are coming due. Here's the latest: chronicle.com/article/its-a-…

Why you should intern The Chronicle of Higher Education — if you work hard, you get to write real, big-time enterprise stories. Today, Grace Mayer tells us about the slow-motion car crash of federal vs state law over transgender students — a fight that’s escalating quickly: chronicle.com/article/a-stan…