Truthout
Higher Education
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Exile as a Space of Disruption in the Academy
When students are told that feeling uncomfortable is alien to learning itself, the critical nature of teaching and learning is compromised.
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Organizing to Resist the Corporatization of Higher Education
The once hallowed and secure work life of American university faculty has for the past quarter century been in turmoil.
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Undocumented Students Push Forward Fight for Education and Immigrant Rights
While Congress still hasn't passed immigration reform, undocumented activists continue to push for access to higher education.
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Brazil’s Federal Universities Approach Racial Quota Implementation Deadline
Would a broad admission application process lead to a more democratic higher education system?
Students Across the Country Collaborate to Fight Institutional Racism
Generation Justice joins together students across the country to discuss their activism.
As Public Funding of Universities Dwindles, Faculty Are Unionizing
Non-tenure-track university faculty are joining unions to challenge pro-business educational priorities.
Koch Brothers Supersize Higher Education Spending
In 2014, billionaire industrialists' foundations donated to more colleges than ever.
Campus Protests Are the Result of Generations of Racist Exclusion
Campus movements across the nation must be seen in the context of generations of exclusion, inequality and resistance.
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Higher Education Is a Key to Decarceration: Let’s Pass the REAL Act
College education is a gateway to shrinking our prison population and empowering formerly incarcerated people and those behind bars.
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Who Keeps Billions of Taxpayer Dollars Flowing to For-Profit Colleges?
One accreditor in particular is not making sure students are in a position to succeed.