DOE College Affordability Initiative
[Synopsis to come... If you would like to help conduct & analyze research, please send us an email at castudentunion@gmail.com and let us know!] Resources CSU Dominguez Hills Hosts U.S. Department of Education College Affordability Forum | Amy Bentley-Smith | Dateline Dominguez Obama’s college-rating plan is met with skepticism at forum | Stephen Ceasar | LA […]
The Push for Online Education
[Synopsis to come... If you would like to help conduct & analyze research, please send us an email at castudentunion@gmail.com and let us know!] Resources A University’s Offer of Credit for a MOOC Gets No Takers | Steve Kolowich | The Chronicle of Higher Education A Plea for Close Learning | Scott Newstok | Inside Higher Ed […]
Save CCSF Update
Report from CCSF Delegation to Washington D.C. Reposted from SaveCCSF.org “The CCSF delegation of 6 faculty and 7 students went to Washington, D.C. from December 11th – December 14th in order to present oral third party comments at the Department of Education hearing on the ACCJC. This hearing was part of a process whereby the … Continue reading »
Sign the Petition to Drop the Sanctions Against UCSD Students!
SIGN THE PETITION! Tell Chancellor Khosla, Assistant Vice Chancellor Gary Ratcliff and the Office of Student Conduct to drop the sanctions brought up against students for peaceful protest and stop trying to intimidate students from organizing at the University of California San Diego! From the UCSD Strike Committee: “We are a coalition of students formed … Continue reading »
Featured Resource: Why We Strike (UCSC)
Why We Strike: UC Lied to You A zine produced by the Autonomous Students group at UC Santa Cruz. Topics include a debrief of the November 20th, 2013 AFSCME/UAW strike, how strikes effect students, letters from campus groups M.E.Ch.A and Students Informing Now (S.I.N.), and awesome art from students on campus. For more resources, check … Continue reading »
Featured Video: The Corporate Privatization Raiders
The Corporate Privatization Raiders Destroying Public Education & Our Unions | Danny Weil Danny Weil is a teacher, author, and journalist who is an expert on privatization and charters. He writes for “Truth Out,” “Daily Censored,” and other publications. At an education conference on Privatization of Public Education and the Unions in San Francisco, he … Continue reading »
Put Organizing Before Organization
As published in Viewpoint Magazine, Issue 3: Workers’ Inquiry | August 19, 2013 Reposted with permission by the authors We are still finding lessons from the last cycle of California’s student struggle. Among them, the need for channels of student communication, an organization that could register and recollect insurgent knowledges to guard against the dangers of undergraduate … Continue reading »
California Student Union: Campus Locals!
The California Student Union continues to grow! We are up to 11 distinct campuses across the state!! If you have an interest in organizing a local at your education institution (wherever that might be) you can contact CASU at: castudentunion@gmail.com Check out all of our locations!: Continue reading »
