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Cross Cultural Festival to Save Ethnic Studies
As a result of the battle to defend ethnic studies, an incredible support nationwide has been created for Tucsonu2019s embattled Mexican American studies department.
For-Profit College Reform: How Democratic Power Lobbyists Helped Water It Down
The problems and pitfalls of for-profit colleges -including how their business plans took advantage of students and reaped billions of dollars in federal student loans, only to leave many …
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Knowledge Capitalism and the “Academic Spring“
It is only since the 1960s with the development of research evaluation and increasing sophistication of bibliometrics that it has been possible to map the emerging economy of global …
Wisconsin Recall: As Voters Head to Polls, a Debate on Walker’s Record, Election Spending and Unions
In the most expensive political race in Wisconsinu2019s history, voters will decide today whether Republican Gov. Scott Walker will finish his first term.
Noam Chomsky | Somebody Else’s Atrocities
In the history of human rights, the worst atrocities are always committed by somebody else, never us - whoever us is. Almost any moment in history yields innumerable illustrations. …
Police Handcuffing Seven-Year-Olds? The Brutality Unleashed on Kids With Disabilities in Our School Systems
There’s a danger looming in schools today that’s putting our nation’s most vulnerable children at risk. Around the country, teachers and administrators are struggling to meet the needs of …
For-Profit Education: Milking Students and the Taxpayers for Corporate Profits
The institutions make a nice profit whether students graduate or not and whether they start a career or not.
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Aggressive Subprime College Industry Lobby Group Ratchets Down – for Now
The for-profit college advocacy group Coalition for Educational Success (CES) has now dramatically reduced spending on lobbying.
The Washington Post, PBS and the Koch-Funded American Enterprise Institute Attack Community Colleges
America's community colleges are in a near-death cycle after decades of budget cuts designed to weaken the public commons.
Imposing White “Eurocentric” Education on Mexican-American Students in Tucson: The Suppression of History
Battles over school curriculums occasionally make national news, but quickly fade. However, the banning of the Mexican-American studies program in Tucson has assumed much greater significance. The action precipitated …