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The cost-cutting approach to higher education
Though some reform ideas have merit, the real problem is lack of funding from the government. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | March 25, 2015 WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana — Purdue University President Mitch Daniels testified March 17, 2015, … Continue reading
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Tagged Educational Reform, Harry Targ, Higher Education, Mitch Daniels, Privatization, Public Education, Purdue, Rag Bloggers
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Mike Klonsky : Forbes Calls Charter Schools ‘Part of a Corrupt System’
Demonstration in New York against school privatization. ‘Part of a corrupt system’: Forbes piece pounds charters About the only thing charters do well is limit the influence of teachers’ unions. And fatten their investors’ portfolios. By Mike Klonsky | The … Continue reading
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Tagged Charter Schools, Educational Reform, Mike Klonsky, Privatization, Public Education, Rag Bloggers
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Anne Lewis’ Documentary About Anne Braden Is ‘Gem of a Film’
Filmmaker Anne Lewis on Rag Radio in the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas, Friday, February 22, 2012. Photo by William Michael Hanks / The Rag Blog. Rag Radio Podcast:Documentary filmmaker Anne Lewis,co-director of Anne Braden: Southern Patriot By Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Braden, Anne Lewis, Civil Rights Movement, Documentary Film, Filmmakers, Interview, Podcast, Privatization, Rag Radio, Thorne Dreyer, UT-Austin
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Anne Lewis : UT-Austin Ponders Privatizing Staff
Members of the Make UT Sweatshop-Free Coalition gather at the UT-Austin Tower Wednesday, February 6, to protest the University’s consideration of job privatization for staff members. Photo by David Maly / The Horn.‘Culture war’ at UT-Austin: President Powers considers privatization The … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Lewis, Bill Powers, Campuses, Higher Education, Labor Unions, Outsourcing, Privatization, University of Texas, UT-Austin
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : ‘The People’s Pension’ and the War Against Social Security
‘The People’s Pension’:The war against social security The opponents of this program are not interested in saving money, a fairer distribution of benefits, or helping the elderly. They are serving an ideological agenda of social Darwinism. By Ron Jacobs | … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Conservative Politics, Privatization, Ron Jacobs, Ronald Reagan, Social Programs, Social Security
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Richard Raznikov : The Privatization of Everything
Gobbling up the Commons. Cartoon by Ahmed Abdallah / 3arabawy.On the verge:The privatization of everything Does anyone have to ask what happens to law enforcement and the judicial system once the state agrees to keep private prisons at 90% of … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Commons, Democracy, Political Philosophy, Privatization, Richard Raznikov
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