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PERSPECTIVES: “I Walked Into A Campus Bookstore Without Books”

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PERSPECTIVES: The “Precariat” And Its Application to Higher Education

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NEWS BRIEFS: Controversy Erupts Over Course Offering at UC Berkeley

From The Guardian: “The University of California, Berkeley has suspended a course dedicated to studying Palestine “through the lens of …
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NEWS BRIEFS: Investigative Reporting Reveals Big Sugar and University Researchers Conspired To Redirect Discourse On Public Health

“The sugar industry paid scientists in the 1960s to play down the link between sugar and heart disease and promote …
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NEWS BRIEFS: Updates On The LIU Faculty Lockout

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PERSPECTIVES: The Case For TA And RA Unions At Private Universities

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NEWS BRIEFS: When A University Decides Not To Practice Its Own Research Results

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PERSPECTIVES: Pluralistic Commonwealth, The Concept And Vision

Gar Alperovitz explains. He’s The Lionel R. Bauman professor of political economy, University of Maryland. Read more here. (Article courtesy of …
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