“On behalf of the Standing Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, the Faculty Senate Executive Committee strongly opposes aspects of the proposed federal tax legislation that will, among other provisions, prove inimical towards higher education by taxing graduate tuition waivers as earned income. The proposed tax code overhaul will make graduate education unaffordable for many of our students. The Faculty Senate encourages Penn community members to contact their legislative officials to oppose this aspect of the proposed legislation which will impose a significant financial burden on many of our graduate students and erode the university’s research and training mission.”