Z Magazine‘s January 2006 issue includes articles on the NYU TAs’, the British Columbia teachers’ strike and fearmongering in higher education.
ACADEMICA: McCarthyism Redux
Morgan Cohen
The politics of fear-mongering have been given yet another target: education. Conservative activists who have long bemoaned the changing face of the university in U.S. society have mounted a campaign for education “reform” in college classrooms. (More)
STUDENT ORGANIZING: NYU on Strike
Ari Paul
The graduate students at New York University (NYU) made history in 2001 by successfully negotiating a contract between a teachers’ assistants (TA) union and a private U.S. university. However, going into Thanksgiving break in 2005, the university still refused to negotiate with the union for a second contract. As a result some classes were cancelled while others were moved to off-campus locations. (More)
WALKOUTS: British Columbia Teachers’ Strike
E. Wayne Ross
In British Columbia 42,000 teachers walked out of the classroom and on to the picket line in October, demanding improved working and learning conditions from the government, as well as salary increases. (More
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