Student strike
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A student strike occurs when students from a teaching institution such as a school, college or university refuse to go to class. This form of strike action is often used as a negotiating tactic in order to put pressure on the governing body of the university, particularly in countries where education is free, and the government cannot afford to have a student cohort miss an entire year, causing an overload of students in one academic term and the absence of an entire class in the following term.
See also
- Students' union
- Athens Polytechnic uprising
- 2005 Quebec student strike
- 2006 student protests in Chile
- Civil disobedience
- Strike action
- Student protest
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