AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION: GSC issues recommendations on supporting graduate students during COVID-19.

Dear DAVID, We write to you on behalf of the Graduate Student Council of the American Philosophical Association. The GSC acts as a liaison between graduate students and the board of the APA, and has the charge of advocating on behalf of all graduate students in the discipline. We have compiled recommendations for how to support graduate students in light of the unprecedented public health crisis that is COVID-19. Our hope is that these recommendations will be helpful during departmental and university decision-making in the coming weeks, related to both near-term finances and the next fiscal year. We acknowledge that departments are limited both in the financial means they have available to them and the power they have to put pressure on universities to allocate more funding and other forms of support to graduate students. Thus, while we outline a number of recommendations that involve the increased funding of graduate students, we also outline a number of other (non-financial) interventions that can be implemented at the department level to help meet the needs of graduate students and support their success during this incredibly difficult time. Please review our recommendations and share them widely with your departments and networks. Take care of yourself and be well. Regards, Emma McClure, Heather Stewart, and Arianna Falbo APA Graduate Student Council

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