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Chicago: DePaul Students Sit-In for Academic Freedom Upset over DePaul University’s denial of tenure to Professors Norman Finkelstein and Mehrene Larudee, and after a meeting between 30 student leaders and DePaul President Fr. Dennis Holtschneider at his office, students have taken action to defend academic freedom, currently under attack at the nation’s largest Catholic educational institution....
Posted: Tue, Jun 12, 2007 1:34am PDT
Get a Degree to Change the World! New College Open House The Cultural Center, 766 Valencia Street...
Event Date: Mon, Jun 25, 2007 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Jun 11, 2007 4:05pm PDT
2007 U.S. Farm and Food Policy ~ Identifying resources for Socially Disadvanged Farmers 
The Farm and Food Policy Diversity Initiative is a diverse collaboration of organizations representing people of color farmers, rancher, farm workers and urban food system advocates. It is designed to ensure organizations serving people of color in the food system have the opportunity to link their own initiatives into a comprehensive agenda of food and agriculture policy proposals that allow diverse communities to benefit from the opportunities that other farmers have had for decades and to...
Posted: Mon, Jun 11, 2007 10:30am PDT
CAL Student Workers Declare Victory But Continue To Fight FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 7, 2007
CONTACT:
Tristan Bunner: 805.798.5096,
calfoodworker@gmail.com
Student Worker Action Group...
Posted: Mon, Jun 11, 2007 6:36am PDT
A socialist perspective to defend Sri Lankan university workers Monday, June 11, 2007 :The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) and International Students for Socialist Equality (ISSE) in Sri Lanka are today distributing copies of the following statement in English, Tamil and Sinhala on university campuses in Colombo....
Posted: Mon, Jun 11, 2007 6:34am PDT
Norman Finkelstein Denied Tenure At DePaul University A DePaul University professor who has accused some Jews of improperly using the legacy of the Holocaust to get compensation payments has been denied tenure after a drawn-out public fight.
Norman Finkelstein, whose work led to a long-running public feud with a Harvard law professor and lawyer famous for representing O.J. Simpson, said he was disappointed by the faculty panel's 4-3 decision.
``They can deny me tenure, deny me the right to teach,'' the 53-year-old told the Chicago Sun-Time...
Posted: Sun, Jun 10, 2007 6:33pm PDT
UCSD Attempts to Stifle Student Free Speech With Policy Change Saturday, June 9, 2007 :
Syndicated Content From San Diego...
Posted: Sat, Jun 9, 2007 11:56pm PDT
Partial Victory Declared by Cal Student Workers but Struggle Continues After over 7 months of struggle, Cal student workers employed by Cal Dining are declaring a partial victory today. They have been informed that, as of July 1, 2007, they will receive the base wage rate of $11.25/hr. This rate is equal to the rate non-Cal student full and part time staffs have received since August of last year, though some non-Cal student staff will soon be receiving $11.70/hr....
Posted: Fri, Jun 8, 2007 9:00pm PDT
Native American Students at DQ University Struggle to Save Student Representation See Below...
Posted: Fri, Jun 8, 2007 8:06pm PDT
Administrators Back Off from 3 yr. Suspension of Prominent Activist FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 8, 2007...
Posted: Fri, Jun 8, 2007 2:29pm PDT
Fairfield Families Win New Policies for Police in Schools Thursday, June 7, 2007 : (Fairfield, CA ) The City of Fairfield and ten families adopted a settlement agreement yesterday providing for comprehensive new policies to address police conduct on school campuses. This agreement resolved a March 2, 2007 incident when the Fairfield police came onto the campus of Rodriguez High School (RHS) and rounded-up a group of innocent students, accusing them of being gang members. Today, pursuant to the agreement, the Fairfield Police Chief and the RHS Princi...
Posted: Thu, Jun 7, 2007 2:50pm PDT
School Beat: Cultivating and Keeping Our Teachers Thursday, June 7, 2007 :Teachers are at the center of a strong educational system. Well-qualified, engaging, dynamic educators are what every parent wants for their children and what, hopefully, schools are looking for when they have openings on their staffs. But we all know that being a teacher isnt easy these days (was it ever?) and the challenges are not a particularly well-kept secret....
Posted: Thu, Jun 7, 2007 7:08am PDT
Big Oil, Biofuels and UC Berkeley (audio/mpeg 1.9MB) The Energy Biosciences Institute is a new partnership British Petroleum - one of the worlds largest oil and energy companies – and a public
university, UC Berkeley. Opponents of the deal dispute biofuels efficiency and say big oil is using the biofuel label to continue business as usual....
Posted: Wed, Jun 6, 2007 11:00am PDT
Letter from Kolkata: Its Summer But Schools Not Out Wednesday, June 6, 2007 :New America Media, News Feature, Sandip Roy, Posted: Jun 06, 2007 Editors Note: In India the pressure to get onto the information superhighway is intense and doing well in school and beyond requires going to coaching centers year round. The results of this competitive drive can be deadly, writes NAM editor Sandip Roy....
Posted: Wed, Jun 6, 2007 6:38am PDT
Hundreds Show Support for SF Chinatown College Campus Tuesday, June 5, 2007 :World Journal, Posted: Jun 05, 2007...
Posted: Tue, Jun 5, 2007 11:07pm PDT
Se Necesitan Maestros para Free Skool ¿Tienes unas habilidades y conocimientos únicos? ¿Quieres ver cambio en el mundo? Deseas compartir lo que sabes en una manera interactiva y no autoritaria? ¿Te gusta aprender en un ambiente informal?...
Posted: Tue, Jun 5, 2007 4:43pm PDT
Free Skool Summer Deadline days Summer Quarter runs July 1st to September 31st. The Free Skool Summer Quarter teacher registration deadline is coming up June 10th. We will not calendar classes after this date....
Posted: Tue, Jun 5, 2007 3:57pm PDT
Free Skool Summer Quarter Deadline freeskoolsc@riseup.net
831.335.3109
http://santacruz.freeskool.org...
Event Date: Sun, Jun 10, 2007 11:45pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Jun 5, 2007 3:57pm PDT
UAW Grade-In/Rally at UCSC! Bay Tree Plaza
UCSC...
Event Date: Tue, Jun 12, 2007 11:30am PDT
Posted: Tue, Jun 5, 2007 2:34pm PDT
Global Warming and California's Future UCSC Music Center Recital Hall (at top of bicycle path!)...
Event Date: Fri, Jun 8, 2007 4:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Jun 5, 2007 2:07pm PDT
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