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What do grad employees really want?
Recognition and respect!

Election 2004
A look back at the forward movement

Frontlines
Tuition's up and opportunity's down

Campus Clips
• Tenure denied
• Students rarely ready for college

News & Trends
• Chicago settles after three-week strike
• Council takes up resolutions referred from convention
• Adjuncts press for equity in Pennsylvania
• Temple talks crossing rocky terrain

Washington Wire
• Lame-duck Congress requires vigilance
• Giving a leg up to immigrant students

Taxing Concerns
College costs: The glass is half empty—and leaking

Newsmakers
• Academics take to the air
• McCann: Serving Midwest unions

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