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Higher Education
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UnKoch My Campus: Opposing Billionaires’ Efforts to Infiltrate Higher Education
The Koch brothers' efforts to create libertarian-leaning institutions are meeting with resistance on campuses.
Faculty Strike in Pennsylvania Ends: Why Penn State Professors Were Absent From the Picket Lines
Penn State's faculty lack a union, pay transparency and job security. And faculty fear retaliation by the university's administration.
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The “Hypocritical Oath”: Medical Schools’ Support for the Status Quo
It's time physicians and medical students began addressing the structural and social determinants of health.
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The 3,000 Other Elections: Trump May Help Democrats Win Back State Legislatures
The Trump effect may enable Democrats to take back control in some GOP-led states on November 8.
Economic Update: The Economics of Tax Avoidance
This week's episode discusses cutting funds for public higher education and economic inequality.
Neoliberalism’s Decades-Long Attack on Public Universities
Neoliberals have turned our universities into corporations and students into consumers.
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Eligible but Got Nothing: Hundreds of Thousands of People With Disabilities Blocked From College Aid
When offices set up to assist people with disabilities become obstacles.
Economic Update: Higher Ed Class Struggles
This episode discusses top corporate leaders and top government officials as tight partners, British wages and Brexit, and Goldman Sachs.
Joe Paterno’s Ugly Defenders: Exposing the Penn State Truthers
Paterno Truthers resort to trolling and misogynistic comments to deny his culpability in the Sandusky scandal.
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Berkeley Bans a Palestine Class
This decision sends a clear message to the campus: controversial speech will be punished, especially if it is critical of Israel.