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Feature Story:
From access to success
Getting through college take a mix of money, mentoring and moxie
The AFT's commitment to access and success
Knowing the score at Miami Dade

AFT Voices
What is the most urgent student access issue facing your institution?
Comments from: Cynthia Phillips; Jennifer Morley; Mark Supanich; William Gonzalez Garcia; Tammie Durosinmi; Faye Robinson; and Robert Oehlschlager.

Where we stand
We have a proud history—but there is still much more to do

Pressing TIAA-CREF
Unions push investment firm for stronger pro-labor policies

Syracuse adjuncts hit their stride
First contract puts promises in writing
Adjuncts United president presented the tentative agreement to members on June 3

Speak Out
Should colleges be forced to spend endowment funds on financial aid?
Yes—Spread the wealth to the less advantaged by Dan Georgianna
No—Increasing federal support would do more by John E. view

Campus Clips
Students feel trap of credit cards
Paying more, getting less: College costs are up, but spending doesn't go to instruction

New union shares in paid family leave victory
Helen Pirrello, Karen White and Lucye Millerand were among the union leaders in New Jersey who fought successfully for paid family leave legislation.

NY staff union claims victory
Marymount staff overcomes management resistance and goes union
The vote for the unit of 110, called the Marymount Union of Staff Employees/AFT (MUSE), was 65 yes to 27 no.

Newsmakers
Filmmaker's oil odyssey takes crude turn
Sandy Cioffi traveled to Nigeria this spring to finish work on her documentary film "Sweet Crude" about the plight of people living in the Niger Delta.

State Lines
Mississippi; Missouri; New Jersey; New York; and Washington

Technology
How video games strengthen learning
by James Paul Gee

Tech Notes
Props to Profs: "Thank You Professor"
Microsoft yields to Google
Law School Unwires Classrooms: University of Chicago drops Internet access from its classrooms.

Mailbox
Affirmative-action stance is one-sided: George A. Levesque; Kathy Chapman
Academic freedom without tenure: Virginia C. Wilch
Getting access to student data: Frank Friedman
Don't ask, don't sell: Stephen Burns

On The Hill
Federal agencies throw curve balls [on compensation spread out over 12 months]
SEVIS fees are a hardship, says AFT

State Watch
Uncertainty takes a toll on working families
by Ed Muir
According to journalist Peter Gosselin, we live in an age of insecurity. Gosselin's new book, "High Wire: The Precarious Financial Lives of American Families" builds on his previous work.

Facing the ax
Budget cuts threaten some state systems.
More than 400 United University Professions/AFT members and students from SUNY's Oneonta State demonstrated in support of restored funds for SUNY.

Arbitrator upholds faculty's free speech rights
A battle involving free speech, academic governance and corporatization of a private art school is playing out at the Moore College of Art and Design, with the union president, Steven Sherman (Moore Federation of Teachers/AFT), right at the center.