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“For-profit Education Industry as Socially Descructive as the Subprime Mortgage Industry” | Affordable Education for All
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Affordable Education for All. Corruption in Higher Education. 8220;For-profit Education Industry as Socially Descructive as the Subprime Mortgage Industry”. June 24, 2010. Chronicle for Higher Education. June 24, 2010. Senators Vow to Crack Down on ‘Bad Actors’ in the For-Profit Sector. Mr Harkin didn’t say what he had in mind but promised additional hearings on for-profits, with the next to come in July. 8220;We’re going to be delving into this,” he said. Chart: Growth in For-Profit Colleges’ Prop...
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Inspiration | Affordable Education for All
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Affordable Education for All. Corruption in Higher Education. 8220;People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead.” – James Baldwin. From Mario Savio Address before the Free Speech Movement Sit-in UC Berkeley 1964:. Be the change you wish to see in the world.–Mahatma Ghandi. UIUC GEO Strike Chants. 8220;We want a contract, yes we do. We want a contract, how about you? Tell me what democracy looks like?
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Strike Info Sheet | Affordable Education for All
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Affordable Education for All. Corruption in Higher Education. The GEO represents 2,600 TAs and GAs. On campus, providing help against grievances of sexual harassment, racial discrimination, sexual orientation harassment, and other types of harassment, discrimination, preferential treatment, overwork, and other types of exploitation. The GEO is one of the largest higher education union locals in the United States. (You can find more info at the GEO website. 2 Minimum salary and University cost of living.
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Affordable Education for All | Corruption in Higher Education | Page 2
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Affordable Education for All. Corruption in Higher Education. Open Letter to top UI Administrators from the GEO. April 19, 2010. Repost from the GEO website. An Open Letter to top University of Illinois Administrators. From the Graduate Employees’ Organization. April 19, 2010. Dear Sirs and Madams,. Quality and accessible education at our University is under siege class size is growing to untenable proportions, faculty are being furloughed, and budget cuts are affecting the education we are able to provi...
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Another U of I Building in Disrepair | Affordable Education for All
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Affordable Education for All. Corruption in Higher Education. Another U of I Building in Disrepair. June 11, 2010. From WCIA3 also with video: http:/ illinoishomepage.net/fulltext/? Students and professors are scrambling to save their research. They were forced to leave the natural history building at the U of I. 8220;You’re just in shock. This is not something you expect to have happen,” Professor Bruce Fouke said. Students and professors grabbed what they could. They hurried up and got out. Now they wa...
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No Faculty Union at Illinois: ADDRESSING NON-TENURE-TRACK CONCERNS
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No Faculty Union at Illinois. The purpose of this blog is to deconstruct the rhetoric and strategies of faculty union advocates at the University of Illinois. A consequential decision like this must be based on facts, not spin. Right now only one side of the argument is being presented to faculty. This blog represents the other side of the argument. Tuesday, March 4, 2014. NUMBER TWENTY-TWO IN AN ONGOING SERIES. In a geographical location where the cost of living is fairly low. Non-tenure-track faculty m...
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U of I $16mil in Black | Affordable Education for All
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Affordable Education for All. Corruption in Higher Education. U of I $16mil in Black. July 26, 2010. Distinguished Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago. Posted: July 26, 2010 11:52 A University of Illinois Is in the Black, While Faculty and Students See Red. The answer to this power differential seems obvious. University faculty need to organize. But professors have been notoriously reluctant to form unions. Rather than seeing themselves as oppressed workers, academicians like to thin...Now the c...
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Banks Pay Universities for Student Debt | Affordable Education for All
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Affordable Education for All. Corruption in Higher Education. Banks Pay Universities for Student Debt. June 8, 2010. Banks Paying Colleges For Students Who Rack Up Credit Card Debt. Tue Jun 8, 12:27 pm ET. Http:/ news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/604109/print. The schools and their alumni associations are entitled to receive payments that multiply as students use their cards. Some colleges can receive bonuses when students incur debt. 8220;The fact that schools are getting paid for students to rack up debt is a ...
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Exorbitant Salary for New University President | Affordable Education for All
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Affordable Education for All. Corruption in Higher Education. Exorbitant Salary for New University President. May 12, 2010. U of I.’s new president to earn at least $620,000 a year. Base pay is $170,000 more than what his predecessor made. From: http:/ www.suntimes.com/news/metro/2266008,uofi-president-new-salary-051210.article#. May 12, 2010. Stepping onto this troubled stage is Michael Hogan, who was introduced as the 18th University of Illinois president on Wednesday. Michael Kirk, University of Conne...
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