Breaking News Extra: Striking Grad Students Are Fired at UC-Santa Cruz

University of California officials said they had "no choice" but to dismiss the TAs, who refused to submit grades until they received higher pay. [Breaking News] Students [Grad Students Withheld Grades for Higher Pay. Now They’ve Been Fired.]( By Bennett Leckrone and Katherine Mangan Officials at the University of California at Santa Cruz said they were “left with no choice” but to fire the students, who say they need a cost-of-living adjustment in order to live nearby. (PREMIUM) Backgrounder [Grad Students Win Faculty Support as Strike Over Stipends Continues at Santa Cruz]( By Bennett Leckrone The TAs say they can’t afford the skyrocketing rent in the coastal city south of San Francisco. Now they have national backing. (PREMIUM) Subscribe Today The Chronicle’s award-winning journalism challenges conventional wisdom, holds academic leaders accountable, and empowers you to do your job better — and it’s your support that makes our work possible. [Subscribe Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sign up]( for other newsletters, [stop receiving]( this email, or [view]( our privacy policy. © 2020 [The Chronicle of Higher Education]( 1255 23rd Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037 [The Chronicle of Higher Education](