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Occupation at University of Amsterdam Challenges the Logic of Market-Driven Education
The student occupation at the University of Amsterdam pits democracy against the logic of markets.
The Sweet Briar Dilemma: Will Predatory Lending Take Down More Colleges?
Is Sweet Briar the canary in the coalmine?
“Test-imony”: Dr. Wayne Au’s Address to Washington State Legislature Against New Teacher Evaluation Bill
Politicians in Washington State are attempting to reduce educators to lifeless bits of inaccurate data.
Student Debt Strikers Grow in Number and in Power
Today, there are more than 100 debt strikers.
Los Angeles Teachers Escalate Action to Demand Fair Treatment
Fifteen thousand members of United Teachers filled downtown LA on February 26 to demand a fair contract for themselves and their students.
Attitudes and Outcomes of Sex Ed: The US vs. the Netherlands
In the US, sex is considered a mistake teens will make, and an act parents must fear.
The Fight of Their Lives: Can Adjuncts Finally Win a Living Wage?
The next big fight for decent labor protections is heating up in academia.
Howard Zinn, “Finishing School for Pickets” and Paula Giddings, “Learning Insubordination“
An excerpt from a 1960 Howard Zinn piece and Paula Giddings looking back on Zinn.
NYU Professor Barred From Researching in UAE, Where NYU Has a Campus
The travel ban sheds light on a deeper controversy encircling Saadiyat Island: labor conditions and teaching and learning conditions are connected.
The Need for Wisdom
The University of Everywhere, however, could just as easily be called the University of Nowhere because it exists only on the internet.