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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results51 Connexions Library1 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 1 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 12 Sources Library 1 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryAcademic Fraud and the Ponzi Scheme of 'Higher Learning': Higher Education in Crisis DiMaggio, Anthony Article 2014 It’s sad to say, but U.S. higher education increasingly resembles a pyramid scheme. The schools at the top continue to compete for elite students, by appealing to prospective applicants via the creati... Affirmative Distraction: Elimination of Affirmative Action at U-Massachusetts: Against The Current vol. 82 Gaytán, Marie Sarita Article 1999 The west wind has blown east. The elimination of affirmative action in Texas, California, and Washington's public university systems seemed like a phenomenon isolated to highly competitive west-coast ... American Power and the New Mandarins  Chomsky, Noam Book 1969 Chomsky writes about American power and violence, especially in the context of the Vietnam war, and he focuses especially on the complicity of American intellectuals in supporting and enabling the Ame... Austerity U: Preparing Students for Precarious Lives Sears, Alan; Cairns, James Article 2014 Policy-makers are introducing big changes to university systems under the banner of an austerity agenda. Globally common themes in this agenda include rapid increases in tuition fees, new models of u... Berkeley: The New Student Revolt Draper, Hal Book 1965 This story of the “free speech” uprising on the Berkeley campus of the University of California was begun in the conviction that an extraordinary event, in an historical sense, had taken place before ... Bound By Power: Intended Consequences Klaehn, Jeffery (ed.) Book These essays focus on how power and ideology work within society. Interviews are with Noam Chomsky, Linda McQuaig, Robert Bertuzzi and others. They speak to the issues of the understanding of power an... Canada Since 1960: A People's History: A Left Perspective on 50 Years of Politics, Economics and Culture Gonick, By (ed.) Book 2016 An account of the most important developments in Canadian history from the 1960s to today, seen through the eyes of Canadian Dimension magazine. CIA Off Campus: Building the Movement Against Agency Recruitment and Research Mills, Ami Chen Book 1990 Mills describes campus organizing against the CIA's recruiting and research programs on campus. She also describes how to detect secret CIA activities and how to combat them. She gives voice to the mu... Connexions Library: Education, Children Focus Website Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on education and children. The Corporate Stranglehold on Education: Is Higher Education in Need of a Moral Bailout? Giroux, Henry A. Article 2009 Rather than challenge the economic irresponsibility, ecological damage, and human suffering, and culture of cruelty unleashed by free market fundamentalism, higher education appears to be one of its s... The Dangerous Academic is an Extinct Species Nair, Yasmin Article 2017 Nair analyzes current academia and the structures in place that prevent academics and students from putting forth ideas that challenge the status quo. Dark Age Ahead Jacobs, Jane Book 2004 A dark age is a culture's dead end. Jacobs argues that our society is facing the coming of a dark age. Death of the university? Malik, Kenan Article 2010 As universities have turned into businesses, so students have turned into consumers. There is, however, a fundamental difference between being a student and being a consumer. Education is not a produc... A Different Kind of Safe Space Gup,, Ted Article 2016 Words are dangerous, but not as dangerous as efforts to suppress them, be it by government or dean -- and certainly not as insidious as self-censorship. EducationSources.ca Website 2017 Web portal with sources of information about education and academia, including articles, documents, books, websites, and experts and spokespersons. The home page features a selection of recent and imp... Flying University: Connexipedia Article Article An underground educational enterprise that operated from 1885 to 1905 in Warsaw, the historic Polish capital, then under the control of the Russian Empire, and that was revived between 1977 and 1981 i... For Reasons of State Chomsky, Noam Book 1973 Essays in which Chomsky analyzes the role of the American state and discusses some of the ways in which individuals can respond to its growing power. Free Speech and Acceptable Truths: Statement of the Alumni for Responsible Speech Alumni for Responsible Speech (Ulli Diemer) Article 2008 While we support freedom of speech and academic freedom, we believe that university administrations have a duty to provide a safe learning environment in which students and faculty are protected by in... 'Free speech' - as long as it doesn't offend anyone Diemer, Ulli Article 2009 On the issue of free speech most of the right and much of the left are in agreement, and so too are many liberals, activists, and human rights apparatchiks. They hold essentially the same position on ... French Students Speak for Themselves What We Won - and Need: Against The Current vol. 122 Silberstein, Patrick Article 2006 The following collective interview was conducted for ATC by Patrick Silberstein of Editions Syllepse. Homeless and Hungry at College: Falling Through the Safety Net Turl, Adam Article 2010 With students and their family members losing jobs as tuition increases escalate and social services are cut, more and more students are falling through the tattered social safety net. Humanism Betrayed: Ideology, and Culture in the Contemporary University Good, Graham Book 2001 This book offers a defence of liberal humanism as a philosophy of higher education, particularly in the humanities, against the illiberal trends, political and intellectual, that are currently dominat... Innovation for What? The Politics of Inequality in Higher Education Williams, Jeffrey, J. Article 2016 Williams discusses why American universities' current trend of advocating innovation ends up prioritizing corporate interests over the gola of accessible education. Just Wait Until I Get Tenure Yates, Michael D Article 2017 A Facebook friend, Steven Salaita, recently wrote a post about academe arguing that tenure-track professors are kidding themselves if they say they will become more radical once they get tenure. I agr... Long Way From Home: The story of the Sixties generation in Canada Kostash, Myrna Book 1980 An account of the upheavals and transformations experienced by those who came of age in the 1960s, a time when international currents of change intersected with specifically Canadian events and circum... Manifesto of a Tenured Radical Nelson, Cary Book 1997 Divided into three parts: "The Politics of English," "The Academy and the Culture Debates," and "Lessons from the Job Wars." The Morning After: Sex, Fear, and Feminism Roiphe, Katie Book 1993 When Katie Roiphe arrived at Harvard in the fall of 1986, she found that the feminism she had been raised to believe in had been radically transformed. The women's movement, which had once signaled su... Obsolete Communism: The Left-Wing Alternative Cohn-Bendit, Daniel; Cohn-Bendit, Gabriel Book 1968 An account of the May 1968 uprising in Paris, positing a left radical alternative to the encrusted beliefs of the old left and the right. A comment on power, on bureaucracy, and on the paths to libera... An open letter from Jewish academics and elders to McGill's administration regarding false allegations of student anti-Semitism Article 2017 This letter was sent Nov. 13 to Principal Suzanne Fortier, Provost Christopher Manfredi, and Secretariat Board of Governors and Senate Maria Kontzidis. Public Universities in Peril: Against The Current vol. 135 Wehrle, Cole Article 2008 It's hare to imagine that only a year ago the privatization of a public university would emerge as a major political issue in Bloomington, Indiana. That is not to say the topic took the community by s... Racist Outrage at UMass-Amherst: Against The Current vol. 114 Napalitano, Jeffrey; Leiblum, Mishy; Sered, Barak; Luce, Stephanie Article 2005 Over the past decade, students around the country have fought a conservative backlash on college campuses that has sought to reverse many gains won in the 1970s and 1980s. Along with attacks on labor... Reclaiming the Ivory Tower: Organizing Adjuncts to Change Higher Education Berry, Joe Book 2005 An organizing handbook for contingent faculty.It examines the situation of adjunct professors in U.S. higher education today and puts forward an agenda around which they can mobilize to transform thei... Review: Political War Over Palestine: Against The Current vol. 131 Finkel, David Article 2007 It has become impossible to review titles like these, or discuss the issues they raise, without reference to the rise of an exceptionally vicious campaign against critical activist voices and academic... Silent Coup: How the CIA is Welcoming Itself Back Onto American University Campuses Price, David Article 2010 SNCC: The New Abolitionists Zinn, Howard Book 1964 An account of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). The Socialist Register 1969: Volume 6: A Survey of Movements & Ideas Miliband, Ralph; Saville, John (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1969 Sources.com: Portal for Journalists and Writers - The directory for reporters, writers, editors and researchers Website 1977 Sources is an information portal for journalists, freelance writers, news editors, authors, researchers and journalism students -- and a resource for organizations, institutions, businesses, and ind... Student Power and the Canadian Campus Reid, Tim; Reid, Julyan Book 1969 A collection of articles about student activism in Canada in the lates 1960s. Student Protest: The Student Radical in Search of issues....or, please don't shoot the Piano Player McGuigan, Gerald F. Book 1968 The Sussex University Occupation Article 2013 Interview with Maia Pal during and immediately following the campus occupation against outsoursing at Sussex, England, which was broken up by the police on April 2, 2013. Ten Days That Shook the University: On the Poverty of Student Life Article 1966 Published in 1966 at the University of Strasbourg by students of the university and members of the Internationale Situationniste. Toolkit for a New Canada - 2013 Edition Article 2013 A pamphlet providing a snapshot of what the contributors, brought together by Canadian Dimensionmagazine, believe are the big issues facing Canada in the second decade of the 21st century. The article... The University in Chains: Confronting the Military-Industrial-Academic Complex Giroux, Henry A. Book 2007 Details how two decades of shifts in university funding brought increased intrusions by corporate and military forces onto university. After 9/11, the intelligence agencies pushed campuses to see the ... The University & the Security State Gasser, Michael Article 2014 Gasser examines the implicit political agendas behind the offers of funding given to American universities by the Department of Homeland Security to research the "cognitive science of terrorisim." War Colleges: The Politics of Militarization and Corporatization in Higher Education Girous, Henry Article 2011 One consequence of the increasing militarization of American society can be seen in changes that have taken place in public and higher education. Schools have become the testing grounds for new modes ... Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesSources Sources specializes in collecting, indexing, and disseminating information to help journalists, editors, and researchers quickly reach articulate experts and spokespersons who can provide background i... Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryAdelphi Recovers "The Long View" Zaidi, A.S. 1998 IN 1985, PETER Diamandopoulos became Adelphi University's seventh president, ushering in an entire decade of "shock therapy" for the small commuter school on Long Island. Opposition to Diamandopoulos... Affirmative Action The New Look Hacker, Andrew 1989 Affirmative action may be out of favor at the Supreme Court, but it is becoming a stronger force on America's campuses. Until a decade or so ago, questions of ethnicity and equity could be considered ... After the Arab spring, the struggle continues on a university campus A dispute between a secular academic and conservative Islamists threatens the peace at a Tunisian university Brulliard, Karin 2012 A university administrator takes a stand against religious extremism. En plein essor: Édition 2008 du rapport sur la recherche universitaire et la mobilisation du savoir 2008 Un compte rendu détaillé de la R-D au Canada, plus particulièrement des activités du milieu universitaire. Free Speech, but Not for All? Gup, Ted 2017 Just over a century ago, the president of a distinguished college barred the suffragette and human-rights activist Jane Addams from speaking on campus, and suspended a student named Inez Milholland fo... A Long Eclipse The Liberal Protestant Establishment and the Canadian University, 1920 - 1970 Gidney, Catherine 2004 Momentum: the 2008 report on university research and knowledge mobilization 2008 An in-depth account of Canadian R&D with particular emphasis on research activities of the university sector. Nation (university) Wikipedia article Student nations or simply nations (Latin: natio meaning "being born") are regional corporations of students at a university. Once widespread across Europe in medieval times, they are now largely restr... Post-Secondary Education Topic Index in Sources Directory of Experts Spokespersons, Experts, and Resources A subject guide to experts and spokespersons on topics related to post-secondary education in the Sources directory for the media. Publicity 101 for Colleges Sources News Release 2009 Q: What's the best way for a college to get continuing media attention?
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Save Our Public Universities In defense of America's best idea Robinson, Marilynne 2016 This essay looks at the role of public universities in democratizing diverse and thoughtful thinking, and why the importance of these institutions seems to be getting lost in the aggressive capitalism... Sources Select Universities, Colleges, and Institutes 2009 Academic experts available to take media calls about their area of expertise. From the Connexions ArchivesLakeland Environmental and Agricultural Protection Society Organization profile published 1979 Johnson, Glen Organization 1979 Lakeland Environmental and Agricultural Protection Society (LEAPS) is largely an umbrella organization, with an initial membership of over 200 people involved in opposing the Cold Lake Oil Sands proje... |
