Tag: Higher education
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Precarious Work: Contract Faculty in the Neoliberal University
These videos explore the situation of Canadian contract academic faculty and compares their situation to the even poorer conditions American contract faculty face, highlighting the need to more firmly address … Watch video »
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Militant Hope in the Age of Trump
The United States stands at the endpoint of a long series of attacks on democracy, and the choices faced by the American public today point to the divide between those … Keep reading »
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Protesting the Capitalist University
The University of Manitoba is on strike. Since 1st November, more than 1,200 faculty members took to the picket line to protest the lack of funding for education, a need … Keep reading »
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Capitalism in the Classroom
Toronto — 4 April 2014. View on www.slideshare.net Opening remarks by Carlo Fanelli. Keynote presentation by: Dr. James L. Turk, Executive Director of the Canadian Association of University Teachers: “The … Watch video »
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Austerity U: Preparing Students for Precarious Lives
Almost everywhere you look around the world, policy-makers are introducing big changes to university systems and pondering deeper transformation. It isn’t surprising that these changes take different forms on campuses … Keep reading »
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Student Debt and the American Dream
This interview is part of a larger piece on the student debt crisis in America the author wrote as an assignment for one of his classes at the Graduate School … Keep reading »
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The Bipartisan Assault on Higher Education
Barack Obama and Republican Party Presidential nominee Mitt Romney agree that the Stafford loan program should be maintained at a 3.4 per cent interest rate, rather than being allowed to … Keep reading »
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Austerity in the Mind Factory
Educational struggles are breaking out all over. In March 2012, over 200,000 Quebec students are waging a general strike against tuition increases and have faced brutal police repression. British Columbia … Keep reading »
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Demanding the Impossible: Struggles for the Future of Post-Secondary Education
There is growing acknowledgement emerging from student and faculty associations across Canada that there is a crisis in post-secondary education and a need for real change in the structure of … Keep reading »
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The Neoliberal University: Looking at the York Strike
Placed neatly in the middle of a global economic maelstrom, it is near impossible to understand or predict what, if any, consequences the strike by 3500 odd teaching and research … Keep reading »