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Tennessee Education Bill Would Ban Discussion of Systemic Racism at Colleges
“This sounds like fascism, this sounds like authoritarianism,” Democratic Rep. Justin Jones said during debate.
Republican Who Rails Against Student Loan “Bailout” Got $1.5M of Loans Forgiven
Rep. Burgess Owens, who has declared bankruptcy five times, led a hearing railing against student debt forgiveness.
Report: Big Oil Has Given Nearly $700M to Fund Research at Top Universities
This funding can be used to push industry-favored products and “solutions,” a new report says.
Decades of Racial Bias Preceded College Board’s AP Black History Course Changes
The College Board still seems to feel comfortable disappearing the Black educational experience.
As Universities Submit to Neoliberalism and Fascism, Workers Must Fight Back
Faculty unions need to scale up organizing among academic workers to counter far right attacks on higher education.
College Textbooks Cover the Climate Crisis Less Than They Did Before 2010
Coverage of climate solutions dropped to 3 percent of the total content on climate change from 15 percent in the 90s.
Biden Can Still Cancel Student Debt — Not Just Up to $20,000, But All of It
I won’t be paying my student loan debt back and neither should you -- here’s why.
48,000 UC Academic Workers Walk Off Job in 2022’s Biggest Strike So Far
This is the largest academic strike in higher education ever waged in the U.S., according to the union.
The Racism of the Supreme Court’s Supermajority Was on Full Display This Week
The six right-wingers appear poised to gut affirmative action in higher education.
Advocates: Supreme Court Should Nix Legacy Admissions, Not Affirmative Action
“Affirmative Action for the rich is legacy admissions,” said Rep. Jamaal Bowman. “Yet SCOTUS is focusing on race.”