LuLu Victoria-Lacy and Randi Spiker | Grad Wages and Rights at FIU Life in Miami as a graduate student is a financial struggle. After paying monthly rent, I (Lulu) am usually left with $120 a week to cover groceries, transportation, wifi, etc. $50 each week goes back to FIU to pay semester school fees, leaving […]
Organizers at the Graduate Wages and Rights at FIU, LuLu Victoria-Lacy and Lee McLoughlin | Guest Writers The cost of living in South Florida rose nearly 10% in 2022, yet graduate student stipends remain well below living wage estimates. In response to widespread reports of material poverty, a group of concerned graduates and faculty, the […]
Adam Ratzlaff/Guest Columnist As new and returning FIU graduate students start a new academic year, there is one cold fact that they need to consider— Miami is expensive, and being a graduate student at FIU means resigning oneself to living near poverty. This should not come as new information. A 2019 PantherNow exposé examining nearly […]
