The strike of NYU graduate assistants continues, after administration officials withdrew their threat that if the strike didn't end by December 5, protestors would lose their 19,000/year stipends.

These graduate students have been on strike since November 9th, after NYU refused to recognize their union. This latest victory is rather hollow; no real solution has been reached.

Metro reports:"This isn't an effective proposal. It's not anything that's enforceable or gives anybody any real protection."

With the numbers of college courses being taught by graduate assistants increasing every year, this is an issue every college student should be concerned about.

Do universities view these teachers as a 'cheap' solution to growth? Does the lesser salary mean lesser ability, even though students pay the same amount to be taught by a graduate assistant as they would to be taught by a tenured professor? Is quality being sacrificed in favor of quantity? The outcome of this issue could be far-reaching.