Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Understanding Financial Aid in the UC and Beyond

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The California Legislative Analyst has a recent report on higher education that clarifies many issues concerning the state of fina...
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Congress Notices the Loss of Tenure

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The US Congress has released an important study on the use and abuse of contingent faculty at American institutions of higher education. Al...
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

The High Cost of Research

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In response to state budget cuts for higher education and new laws regulating the selling of academic patents, universities since 1980 have...
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Student Debt, Free Public Higher Ed, and Federal Loan Sharks

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As I go around the country talking to different groups about my book on how to make public higher education free, I continue to encounter st...
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Monday, December 2, 2013

The Higher Ed STEM Myth

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In Malcolm Gladwell’s recent book David and Goliath , he repeats the following common claim: “At a time when students with liberal arts degr...
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Thursday, November 21, 2013

Protesting, Dissent, and Unionization

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November 20th was a perplexing day for some on the UC campuses.   As AFSCME and UAW held a joint strike, many students and media people wa...
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Monday, November 11, 2013

A Message for the Regents and President Napolitano

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As the UC regents meet this week, it is important to look at some of the major issues facing the University of California system.   One ...
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