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Higher Education
As Colleges Reopen, Higher Education Workers Are Organizing for Their Own Safety
Economic disparities and unsafe working conditions are motivating staff on campuses to build power through unions.
Biden Has New Progressive Education Rhetoric — But Policy Will Be the Test
Progressive educators seeking to reverse neoliberal privatization cannot be certain they’ll have Biden’s backing.
Hundreds of Thousands of Students Traveled Home This Week Amid COVID Spike
Masking, social distancing and single-household celebrations are key to stopping new outbreaks.
“Campus Reform” Is Funneling Koch Money to Groom Right-Wing “Journalists”
Millions of dollars of untraceable “dark money” is being funneled to conservative and libertarian student groups.
Students Push to Remove Police. University President Doubles Down Instead.
Morton Schapiro has failed to recognize the students’ demand for a campus safety that is achieved through abolition.
Kenyon College Students Are Organizing the First Campus-Wide Undergraduate Union
DisÂrupÂtion in camÂpus employÂment due to COVID-19 sparked new urgency for stuÂdents’ abilÂiÂty to barÂgain.
Years of Neglect Have Created Devastating Consequences for Tribal Colleges
Tribal colleges are a lifeline for rural and disenfranchised Native communities.
Universities Should Learn Lessons of 9/11 and Transform in the Face of Pandemic
Similar to 9/11, our current moment is one of collective trauma. Higher education must respond accordingly.
Get Police Out of Schools — Including University Campuses
Calls to defund and abolish police departments have fueled movements to dismantle and defund police on college campuses.
Students and Staff Oppose COVID-Inspired Disaster Capitalism on US Campuses
Faculty and students are fighting a crisis they say has been exacerbated but was not caused by the virus.