The New Academy Statement of Solidarity with the GEO

The main goal of The New Academy Series is recognizing the professional work of non-tenure-track faculty in English. The principle of recognition, however, transcends this series; it’s an underlying principle of research, of teaching, of community, and even of justice. The New Academy Series recognizes the contributions and commitments of graduate employees and believes that those commitments deserve reciprocity. We call upon the administration to affirm their commitments to graduate employees through their representative, the GEO, by renewing the side-letter tuition waiver language and raising the minimum salaries of grad employees to a living wage.