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Wednesday, May 6, 2026

'Enormous Surge' in Unions Reflects Disconnect Between Colleges ... - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Andrew Eneim has a front-row seat to what he describes as the “leaky pipeline” of graduate school.

Low stipends, high workloads, and “rampant” poor treatment force some students, particularly those without independent wealth, to drop out and give up their tenure-track dreams to pursue more-secure careers, said Eneim, a Ph.D. candidate in biophysics at the Johns Hopkins University. Such working conditions, he said, exacerbate higher ed’s struggle to diversify the faculty.

“We’re basically just not being paid enough to live,” Eneim said in an interview.

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