Constantly escalating cost of college education has sparked growing Occupy inspired disobedience
Education articles on Democracy Chronicles
It is clear that high rates of education are essential for countries to be able to achieve high levels of economic growth and to manage a modern democracy. Spreading quality education to everyone around the world is vital to progress.
Global Action for Ayotzinapa Eight Months on May 26
After eight months of the Ayotzinapa student teachers’ disappearance, we would like to draw your attention to one of the student activists who was not part of the 43 disappeared and is very much alive in our search for justice.
Plans to Demolish Brooklyn Library for Luxury Condos
Monday night at 280 Cadman Place, the site of the Brooklyn Heights Library, a meeting with folks from the community was held for the purpose of choosing color shades and the decor for the new but, 1/3 of the size library being proposed as a replacement.
Will Adjunct Faculty Become Human Rights Activists?
As adjunct faculty, we need to realize that the chances of a Rubén Garcia, a Freddy Gray, or a Michael Brown to succeed in life could very easily lie with us — in our classrooms, but outside them too — with us reaching out and giving our helping hand.
The New School University Fiasco, Again and Again
While part time faculty make about $16,000 per year, the President of The New School, David Van Zandt, earns over $700,000, and Vice President and CEO James Murtha over $1.2 million
NASA Names Distant Asteroid to Honor Malala
Administrator at NASA names asteroid to Honor Malala’s work to support female education in Pakistan
Is a College Education Necessary For Work in America?
Many wonder how a college education is so crucial for obtaining a job. I mean, don’t we learn by doing? Can’t we teach ourselves? What is job training for?
How Government Corruption Breeds Antibiotic Resistance
With weakened medical institutions, a system plagued by corruption breeds antibiotic resistance
UNT Dallas Dallas4Ayotzinapa Forum
Each time Dallas4Ayotzinapa gets together for an action, we usually end it with each one of the participants taking a photograph of one of the 43 disappeared students. We take the photo and place it next to a lit candle that we have shaped into the number 43
The Doublespeak of Let’s Get Together
President Eisenhower warned us to stay alert and keep informed because he could see that greed and access to public funds not only creates economic disaster for the lower and middle class but undermines our democracy