The Dig: Higher Ed in Crisis
Dan interviews Tithi Bhattacharya, Daniel Bessner, Simon Torracinta on the manifold crises engulfing higher ed as covid exposes and exacerbates decades of austerity and neoliberal iniquity. "House of Cards: Can the American university be saved?
September 12, 2020
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September 12, 2020
The Dig: Higher Ed in Crisis
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The Dig: Higher Ed in Crisis
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<p>Dan interviews Tithi Bhattacharya, Daniel Bessner, Simon Torracinta on the manifold crises engulfing higher ed as covid exposes and exacerbates decades of austerity and neoliberal iniquity.</p><p>"House of Cards: Can the American university be saved?" by Daniel Bessner <a href="thenation.com/article/society/gig-academy-meritocracy-trap-universities-crisis" rel="nofollow">thenation.com/article/society/gig-academy-meritocracy-trap-universities-crisis</a></p><p>"Extinction Event: Given what is to come, schools of every kind are now at risk" by Simon Torracinta <a href="nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/extinction-event/" rel="nofollow">nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/extinction-event/</a></p><p>"After 2020, There’s No Going Back to the Old America" by Dan Denvir in <i>Jacobin</i><a href="jacobinmag.com/2020/09/joe-biden-imperialism-trump-america" rel="nofollow">jacobinmag.com/2020/09/joe-biden-imperialism-trump-america </a></p>
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