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
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Paddy Quick: Do workers benefit from increased education?
By Paddy Quick, It is always been true that the earnings of those with more education are, on average, greater than the ea
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
Call for Papers: Socialism and Labor – Theory and Praxis
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New Book: The Neoliberal Agenda and the Student Debt Crisis in U.S. Higher Education
Edited by Nicholas D. Hartlep, Lucille L.T. Eckrich, Brandon O. Hensley From Routledge: Capturing the voices of Ameri
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
Who Is Behind the Assault on Public Schools?
by Howard Ryan Over the past three decades, public schools have been the target of a systematic assault and takeover by c
New Book: Educational Justice – Teaching and Organizing Against the Corporate Juggernaut
By Howard Ryan. From Monthly Review: That education should instill and nurture democracy is an American truism. Yet or
New MA Program in Economics at John Jay, 100% Heterodox!
h/t Prof. Catherine Mulder The Master of Arts in Economics at John Jay is a new 36-credit graduate program that provides
University of Manitoba Professors are on strike! In solidarity!
The faculty of the University of Manitoba has voted in favour of a strike, after collective bargaining negotiations wi
Call for Papers: The Political Economy of University, INC.
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Voices, Not Numbers: Towards a Greater Democracy in Education
By Carl A. Grant In the United States, children’s voices are not sought out. They are most often the “objects of inquiry,
Jeff Noonan on Ten Theses In Support of Teaching and Against Learning Outcomes
By Jeff Noonan 1. Teaching at the university level is not a practice of communicating or transferring information but a
David Ruccio on business, governance, and the new corporate university
By David Ruccio The “drown the bunnies” scandal at Mount St. Mary’s University has opened a debate about the growing rol
Wisconsin Regents Committee Approves Tenure Changes Without Discussion
From academeblog: The policy changes were driven by provisions of the 2015-17 state budget that stripped tenure prote