Wednesday, January 20, 2021

ILtUWS: Columbia Students call for tuition strike, affordable education, and an end to Harlem's Gentrification

 I Love the Upper West Side reports that over the weekend, Columbia University students from a number of different organizations united under the banner of "Tuition Strike 2021" to demand affordable education and an end to the schools gentrification of the nearby Harlem neighborhood.

Tuition Strike 2021 has circulated a petition that had garnered 4,200 signatures as of Tuesday. The petition lays out demands as:

  • A 10% reduction in tuition matched with a 10% increase in finacial aid
  • An end to the school's expansion into West Harlem as well as jobs, education, and housing for the neighborhoods residents
  • Defunding the school's policing services and the creation of "community safe solutions" that also look to the repairing of past harms caused by the Public Safety department
  • Transparency and student voice in university investments
  • Meeting the demands of campus unions, recognition of the union for MA and undergrad student workers, and protections for international students

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