#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot Rep. Virginia Foxx Alludes to Holocaust in Condemnation of Obama’s Rules on For-Profits http://campusprogress.org/articles/rep._virgina_foxx_alludes_to_holocaust_in_condemnation_of_obamas_rules/ Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) stirred up controversy again when, in a speech addressed to the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, she alluded to the Holocaust in her condemnation of private college presidents—for not standing up to the federal government when it passed new regulations on for-profit colleges. Inside Higher Ed reported Foxx said “They came for the for-profits, and I didn't speak up…,” adapting her prose to mimic German theologian Martin Niemöller's famous quote: “Nobody really spoke up like they should have” and “First they came for the …http://www.twitpic.com/c1r1xb
#union #iww #ows #p2 #tlot #tcot There Is No American Left http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13567-there-is-no-american-left NOTE: This article originally appeared in Australian Options magazine. It is reproduced here with permission. In September 2012 Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel attempted to break the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) with a bid to privatize Chicago's public schools. The mayor's proposal was based on a plan to subject teachers (and schools) to performance measurement based on students' standardized test scores. Teachers whose students scored poorly would be fired. Schools whose students scored poorly would be closed. The students would then be farmed out to so-called “charter schools” – for the most part, for-profit institutions run by corporations …http://www.twitpic.com/bq08yr
#union #iww #ows #p2 #tlot #tcot The (Not-So) Hidden Agenda Of For-Profit Universities http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/12/10/the-not-so-hidden-agenda-of-for-profit-universities/ The University of Phoenix managed to help defeat legislation that would have allowed Arizona community colleges to offer four-year degrees. According to an article on the Huffington Post, the University of Phoenix lobbied against the legislation, because allowing bachelor’s degrees to come out of community colleges would “undercut its business model.” The University of Phoenix — and other for-profit educational institutions — get their students from the same demographic as community colleges, namely working adults. Many for-profit universities have limited accreditation (if they actually have any at all), are mor…http://www.twitpic.com/bkx3c7
#union #iww #ows #p2 #tlot #tcot [VIDEO] Educating Sergeant Pantzke http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/educating-sergeant-pantzke/ (20 minutes) For-profit college promise veterans a high quality degree — but do they deliver?http://www.twitpic.com/bkx4d1
#union #iww #ows #p2 #tlot #tcot [VIDEO] Public Schools, Inc. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/edison/ (60 minutes) Ten years after “edupreneur” Chris Whittle first announced his bold plan to revolutionize the way we educate children, Whittle's Edison Schools continue to be a lightening rod for the issue of for-profit, public education. FRONTLINE and the PBS education series The Merrow Report join forces with The New York Times to investigate the intertwined fortunes of Edison Schools and its charismatic yet controversial leader, and examine whether it's possible to create world-class schools that turn a profit…http://www.twitpic.com/bkx5pe
#p2 #ows #tcot The for-profit economic system is premised on economic elites taking what they can from us and returning as little as they can get away with returning in ‘exchange’…http://www.twitpic.com/9×8253