Capitalism Goes to College: A People’s History of Higher Education in the U.S.
The history of higher education in the United States has been masked by the liberal narrative of the ever-beneficent un
Capitalism Goes to College: A People’s History of Higher Education in the U.S.
2018-2019 Dissertation Fellowship Recipient: Samantha E. Sterba
The Steering Committee of the Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE) is pleased to announce that the 2018 URPE Di
Save UMass Boston’s Urban Mission!
UMass Boston is the only 4-year public university in Boston and the only campus in the UMass system whose students are pr
The Fascist War on Academic Freedom
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgrVOCR761w&w=760&h=500] The resignation of Drexel Univer
George Ciccariello-Maher Resigns: “We are all a single outrage campaign away from having no rights at all.”
Call for Solidarity Actions for Academics for Peace from Turkey
As signatories to the Peace Petition of 11 January 2016, we have experienced continuous repression since we called for
Developing Heterodox Economics Curriculum: The case of John Jay College
New Paper by Geert L Dhondt, Mathieu Dufour, Jay Hamilton, & Ian J. Seda-Irizarry From the abstract: This article s
Laurentian University Faculty on Strike
The Laurentian University Faculty Association (LUFA) has been working hard to negotiate a fair collective agreement
New Book: For-Profit Universities – The Shifting Landscape of Marketized Higher Education
From Palgrave. Edited by Tressie McMillan Cottom & William A. Darity Jr This edited volume proposes that the phe
The new Marriner S. Eccles Institute at University of Utah, and his legacy
By Matias Vernengo, There are many issues I take exception with the piece at the Deseret News on the new Marriner S. Eccle
A request for purged academics in Turkey
This is an urgent call for support for Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakca, an academic and a teacher in Turkey who have been o
Call For Papers: The Poverty of Academia – Exploring the Realities of Working Class Academics
The Journal of Working-Class Studies Special Issue, December 2017: The Poverty of Academia: Exploring the (Intersec
Student Debt Bubble Diminishes Demand and Ruins Lives, Yet Officials Keep Inflating It
By Yves Smith, The Financial Times has a generally good update on the state of the student debt bubble in the US. The artic
The Specter of Fascism: Hungary’s parliament votes to shut down Central European University
Starting January 1st, 2018, Budapest’s Central European University (CEU) will no longer be permitted to enrol new stu
MATERIAL SUPPORT FOR PURGED ACADEMICS IN TURKEY
{For those coming here looking for a reputable place to make a material contribution to supporting the victims of the re
Seven Ways You Can Support Academics in Turkey
By Chad Kautzer We are now in a new era. Shortly after the failed coup carried out by a small faction in the Turkish militar
Call for papers: Academic Labor, Research and Artistry
Academic Labor: Research and Artistry (ALRA) is a peer-reviewed open access journal launched in 2016 by the Center for
The Far Right’s New Offensive Against Academia
By Goldie Blumenstyk, George Ciccariello-Maher, an associate professor of politics and global studies at Drexel Un
Henry Heller & Radhika Desai on the UMFA strike settlement at U of Manitoba
By Henry Heller, Radhika Desai As one of us wrote in these pages a few weeks ago, the recent University of Manitoba Facul