What remains of the utopian promise of the free production and dissemination of knowledge once held by the American university? As the politics of austerity, spiraling tuition fees, privatization, and political repression have ravished our cherished institutions of learning over the last 50 years, the university now resembles more an Althusserian fever-dream than a space […]
Part of ourSPEAKER: Timothy Kaufman-Osborn
Join us as we discuss university governing boards with Timothy Kaufman-Osborn, Professor Emeritus at Whitman College and author of the book The Autocratic Academy: Reenvisioning Rule within America’s Universities and Constance Penley, Professor Emerita at UC Santa Barbara and former President of the Council of University of California Faculty Associations (CUCFA). Whether public or private, U.S. universities […]
Part of ourSPEAKER: Max Page
This workshop, led by Massachusetts Teachers Association President Max Page, will engage participants in a discussion about how together we can achieve debt-free public college by taxing the very wealthy. We’ll share some of the history of college costs, hear from participants about their efforts, look at some recent wins, and explore resources for making […]
Part of ourSPEAKER: Hannah Appel
College should not only be free, it should be free-ing. In other words, higher education should not incarcerate anyone with either a debt sentence or a prison sentence. And yet, university investments (like endowments and pension funds) profit from state violence–weapons manufacturers, private prisons, surveillance technology, and more. Join us to learn about the University […]
Part of ourSPEAKER: Marshall Steinbaum
This session will kick off the second half of our College for All series as we move into a discussion of solutions to the problems we discussed in the first half. Join us as Marshall Steinbaum discusses his paper “Rebuilding American Higher Education: From an Engine of Inequality to a Pillar of the Public Interest.” […]
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