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In the Valley of the Shadow of DACA for Immigrant Youth
Undocumented college students benefit temporarily from a new program protecting them from deportation, but a more permanent solution is needed.
Servants of Power: Higher Education in an Era of Corporate Control
The corporatization of higher education has negatively impacted the university as an institution committed to critical inquiry, the empowerment of citizens and democratic discourse.
The Specter of Authoritarianism and the Future of the Left: An Interview With Henry A. Giroux
The commanding institutions of society are now in the hands of powerful corporate interests whose strangulating control over politics renders democracy corrupt and dysfunctional, says Henry A. Giroux.
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Henry A. Giroux | Noam Chomsky and the Public Intellectual in Turbulent Times
Noam Chomsky reminds us that caring about other people is a dangerous idea in America today, and he trades in ideas that defy scholastic disciplines and intellectual boundaries, says …
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Ecuador’s Digital Agenda: Bridging the Digital Divide and Laying the Foundations for a Knowledge Economy
Certain sectors of the Ecuadoran government would like to become less dependent on natural resource extraction and instead create a digital- and knowledge-based economy.
Henry A. Giroux: Neoliberalism, Democracy and the University as a Public Sphere
Public Intellectual Henry Giroux speaks with Truthout about his new book and its exploration of how neoliberalism forces students into an intellectual and moral dead zone devoid of imagination.
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How Exactly Do Colleges Allocate Their Financial Aid? They Won’t Say
Universities rarely release the specific criteria behind their aid decisions. Could a little-known regulation help open the black box?
State Cuts to Public Funding of Higher Education Responsible for Increases in Tuition Costs
Michael Leachman: Tuition costs are rising as states respond to the recession by cutting public funding to higher education, with cuts averaging 28 percent on a per pupil basis.
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US Higher Education: The New “Treasure Island” for Investors
Education “reform” is threatening to gut and loot US universities, while the fact that American democracy has been devolving into oligarchy is not a serious enough matter to address …
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Breaking Away: Top Public Universities Push for “Autonomy” From States
Oregonu2019s three largest state schools are in the process of breaking away from the rest of the public system.