Show us your math, Frank!! The endowment reaped a $728 million return last year. Workers at Brown need to know how "fiscal responsibility" is defined such that hundreds of millions in unrestricted funds are off limits. Incidentally, we do have a proposal to reduce the deficit-

When it comes to instead using a slightly larger portion of the university's $7.2 billion endowment to cover its transition into becoming a "leading research institution," Doyle claims we are at "the upper limit of the fiscally responsible range." To that we say...

Much the same appears to be in the offing for staff and faculty, with the former set to have "maximum" growth of 0%. Translation: "Should your colleague leave, be ready to take on their work in addition to your own for no additional compensation, we won't replace them."

To give one example, the provost's message suggests "reductions in the size of [Ph.D.] cohorts admitted this year." Though details are lacking, grad workers know what this means in practice: More work shifted to a smaller number of us

The "community actions" outlined today follow an October message in which Doyle called for "innovative strategies to manage expense growth" to bring down a $46 million operating deficit. We see now what this fine piece of administrator speak means: "Workers must bear the cost"

Proud to stand in solidarity with USAW-RI as they fight for a fair contract! Brown works because we do

Thank you to @DanielDenvir and @NaomiAKlein for stopping by yesterday's informational picket concerning Brown's violation of our rights as workers. Prof. Klein highlighted the importance of standing up to a new era of McCarthyism in higher ed, we couldn't agree more

Bonus: they can’t be bothered to learn this difference between “i.e.” and “e.g.”

Meanwhile Brown is preempting any divestment push by claiming it’s illegal for them to even say what companies they might invest in

We are thrilled to announce that our colleague Tabassum and her GLO rep have finally signed an agreement with admin to allow her to continue in her program! Thank you to everyone who signed and shared her petition, and thank you to Tabassum for your unfailing bravery.