Jubilee School Courses

SPEAKER: 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 […]

In the United States, higher education has been careening toward collapse as a result of state and federal disinvestment, institutional segregation, the erosion of academic labor, plutocratic governance, and the explosion of for-profit higher education that cynically leverages Americans’ lack of time and opportunity. As a result, public support for colleges and universities is eroding. […]

In the United States, higher education has been careening toward collapse as a result of state and federal disinvestment, institutional segregation, the erosion of academic labor, plutocratic governance, and the explosion of for-profit higher education that cynically leverages Americans’ lack of time and opportunity. As a result, public support for colleges and universities is eroding. […]

SPEAKER: 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 […]

SPEAKER: 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 […]

In the United States, higher education has been careening toward collapse as a result of state and federal disinvestment, institutional segregation, the erosion of academic labor, plutocratic governance, and the explosion of for-profit higher education that cynically leverages Americans’ lack of time and opportunity. As a result, public support for colleges and universities is eroding. […]

SPEAKER: Mark Huelsman

Join us as we discuss a (recent) history of the free college fight and of “College Promise” programs in the U.S. with Michelle Miller-Adams, author of the book The Path to Free College, and Mark Huelsman (bios below). This event will include a discussion of a variety of free college models, research and evidence, and […]

SPEAKER: Aissa Canchola Bañez

This final session of the College for All Jubilee School series will look forward and discuss how we can win tuition free public college, dignified labor conditions, academic freedom, and debt cancellation. Speakers will include Aissa Canchola Bañez and others to be announced (bios below). Aissa Canchola Bañez is Policy Director at Protect Borrowers, formerly […]