SPEAKER: 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.” […]
Part of ourSPEAKER: Charlie Eaton
Join us as we discuss how billionaires from finance and big tech adopted more oligarchical roles in US politics and higher education with Charlie Eaton, Associate Professor of Sociology at UC Merced and author of the book Bankers in the Ivory Tower: The Troubling Rise of Financiers in US Higher Education. Charlie Eaton is an […]
Part of ourColleges and universities are core to our communities and economy. How do we grow the higher ed labor movement while building consciousness of ourselves as workers? Join speakers from HELU to explore strategies for building connections and trust between very different kinds of workers so that we can move in coordinated action in the future. […]
Part of ourSPEAKER: Eli Meyerhoff
In our moment of fascist authoritarianism and war, what does an abolitionist approach to the university offer? In this session, Abolitionist University Studies authors Eli Meyerhoff, Abbie Boggs, Nick Mitchell, and Zach Schwartz will provide an overview of what abolitionist perspectives provide for thinking about the university. Together, we’ll explore questions of debt and capture […]
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