The University of California (UC) must work out how it will return thousands of final grades for the fall 2022 semester in the aftermath of a six-week strike by 48,000 academic workers.
The strike ended Dec. 23 when UC ratified its contract with leaders of the United Auto Workers, the union representing the strikers. But because academic employees such as teaching assistants are often responsible for grading, the strike left many classes without teaching assistants to grade assignments and end-of-semester exams.
Additionally, some professors chose to leave fall grades unsubmitted out of solidarity with academic workers.
A faculty survey conducted by the Council of UC Faculty Associations—a larger agency for faculty organizations across UC campuses—reported professors are withholding about 40,000 fall semester final grades as of Jan. 11, an agency spokesperson told The Epoch Times….