What’s going on at RPI?

Following a successful demonstration that drew over 1000 students, faculty, and alumni in Spring 2016, RPI President Shirley Ann Jackson told the press we were misinformed and there were no plans to take over the Rensselaer Union.

Despite her appeals to reporters, less than two years later, this was proven to no longer be the case as the RPI Board of Trustees passed a resolution in September 2017, effectively nullifying the Union Constitution and shifting control of the Rensselaer Union from the students to the Jackson Administration. While another massive protest involving students and alumni swiftly followed, the Trustees and administration continued their deceit and doubled-down in their efforts to chill free speech on campus.

After 127 successful years of rich student leadership, tradition, and pride, the Union is now a shell of what it once was, and shared governance at RPI is all but a memory. And without its ability to self-govern, the Rensselaer Union is no longer considered student-run. We must act now before we have nothing left worth saving.

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