Elisabeth Lehr: Union can help secure higher ed’s future

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Elisabeth Lehr, lead faculty negotiator of the newly formed faculty union at Community College of Vermont, where she is on the history faculty.
The Vermont State Colleges System provides the vast majority of higher education for Vermonters, most of whom remain in Vermont following graduation. According to Chancellor Jeb Spaulding, the institution acts as a “major workforce pipeline delivering entrepreneurs and workers to power our state’s ec