Reply #3: I don't think the federal government has much oversite of private & state universities

[Bucky]

Help me here: how many colleges are run by the federal government? I can only think of three: West Point, Anapolis, and the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs.

What's the employment situation like at those places?

Anyway, I don't think Obama will be in much of a position to rewrite the laws of supply and demand. TAs make dirt wages because there's a lot of suppliers of that particular labor skill and so few purchasers in that labor market as to constitute a monopsony. Wages will be low.

Probably some labor action would be the best way to get fair wages in that industry. I certainly hope Obama's Labor Dept. supports any such efforts