On Gift Horses and Trojan Horses: The Proposed Aquatics Center

On Gift Horses and Trojan Horses: The Proposed Aquatics Center

By Celeste Langan On Sunday, April 7, 2013, the Daily Californian ran a story with the headline, “Campus announces plans to construct new aquatics center.” ...

Amended Steinberg is Still Privatization

Amended Steinberg is Still Privatization

Senator Darrell Steinberg, after push back from higher education figures, has offered up an amended version of his Senate Bill 520.  Although...

Tales from the IU Strike

Tales from the IU Strike

By Anonymous Yesterday was the first day of the IU-system wide strike. "IU on Strike" reports that 15 picket teams were sent across the Bloomington...

Head of the University of Lisbon Speaks Out Against Austerity

Head of the University of Lisbon Speaks Out Against Austerity

Chris here.  Meanwhile in Portugal, the Constitutional Tribunal's ruling that the 2013 state budget contained 1.3 billion Euros of unconstitutional...

The Strike at Indiana University (UPDATED WITH SUPPORT PETITION)

The Strike at Indiana University (UPDATED WITH SUPPORT PETITION)

By Anonymous Students at Indiana University are striking on April 11-12th. The strike coincides with the meeting of the university’s Board of Trustees....

Students and Staff Strike Against Privatization

Students and Staff Strike Against Privatization

Morten Watkins On March 29th, students at University of Sussex who had been protesting the privatization of the University were evicted from Bramber...

Paved with Good Intentions (UPDATED BELOW)

Paved with Good Intentions (UPDATED BELOW)

On Wednesday, April 10 the Senate Committee on Education will hold hearings on both Darell Steinberg's SB520 and Marty Block's SB547.  These...

Online Ed Is Not A Magic Cure For What Ails California's Colleges

Online Ed Is Not A Magic Cure For What Ails California's Colleges

By Robert Meister, UCSC After a decade of skyrocketing tuition, Sacramento politicians have seized on a new gimmick to avoid paying for the kind...