#Unis4all: An Open Letter to the U.S. Higher Education Community
by Maxximilian Seijo, William Saas, Scott Ferguson, and Benjamin Wilson For a growing majority of outspoken adm
Higher Ed Crisis
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
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 Macroeconomic Effects of Student Debt Cancellation
by Stephanie Kelton, Scott Fullwiler, Catherine Ruetschlin, Marshall Steinbaum Executive Summary More than 44 mill
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
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’s behind the free speech crisis on campus?
From SocialistWorker.org: RIGHT-WING and liberal media outlets alike are awash with stories condemning student pro
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
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
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
Radhika Desai on University of Manitoba Strike
By Radhika Desai, As I walk the picket lines with my colleagues, still strongly supporting the strike in its second week
'Soul of the university' on the line with U of M strike
While teachers continue to walk the picket line, a professor in the Department of Philosophy says the “soul of th
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
Save the UMass Amherst Labor Center: Sign the Petition!
In the past year, UMass administrators have eliminated all funding for graduate students (including teaching and res
Faculty Are Locked Out at LIU Brooklyn
From The Nation, In April, the union and the administration began negotiating a new contract to replace the one set to ex
UMass-Amherst preparing to abolish Labor Center
From Michael D. Yates: This letter is from Eve Weinbaum, Director of the Labor Center at UMass-Amherst. She writes abou
Graduate Students Clear Hurdle to Form Unions
From New York Times: Students who work as teaching and research assistants at private universities will be allowed to v
Call for Papers: The Political Economy of University, INC.
Call for Papers: The Political Economy of University, INC. Neoliberal restructuring includes an unprecedented atta
Graduate assistants sue University of Missouri for recognition of union
A long-threatened lawsuit to determine whether graduate assistants at the University of Missouri qualify as employe