Call for Papers: Bi-Annual Conference “Race and Equity in Higher Ed”
The Activist History Review invites proposals for its bi-annual conference, “Race and Equity in Higher Ed,” to be held on June 13, 2020 at Villanova University.
Tag: higher ed
Labor Organizing in Higher Ed: Lessons from the 1984-85 Yale Strike
The failures of the Hormel plant strike in 1985-86 captured the U.S. public imagination, setting a defeatist tone for the labor movement. But what might the labor movement still learn from the successes of the 1984-85 Yale strike of mostly-women clerical and technical workers?
Racism is a Labor Issue: The UNC TA Strike and Black-led Movements Against White Supremacy
We write this essay as strike supporters to encourage others in nominally secure positions, and especially those in tenured and other protected positions, to utilize their positions in the fight against racism and fascism at the university.
Students as Workers and the 2019 Québec Student Strike
On how the 2019 Québec Student Strike has made it possible for a new generation to conceive of study itself as a form of intellectual labor deserving of wages and suitable working conditions.
Strikes in Australian Higher Education: Stories From the Field
This article adopts critical auto-ethnography to examine how Australian university unions and unionists have developed strategies for campus activism. The enablers and restraints on union activism in Australian higher education are discussed using the device of vignettes of a unionist active in the sector from the 1980’s onwards, and an agenda for the future raised.
Liberating the Young Scholar
I always share that I am a student who struggled. My kindergarten teacher told my parents that I would never pass the first grade.
Whose Heritage?: Building Understanding Through Better Teaching
White children who were taught history lessons including information about racism experienced by African Americans demonstrated less biased attitudes toward African Americans than their white counterparts who received otherwise identical lessons that omitted those ‘pessimistic, unpatriotic’ teachings.
Racism Is Making Us Sick
Since 2003, Active Minds has empowered students facing mental health struggles to share their stories to let others know they’re not alone and to spread that message: help and hope are available.
