Freedom From Education: Decolonial Study for Abolishing the Prison-University Complex
Submitted by Class War U on May 6 2014 20:56
Against the romanticizing of education, Leftists should recognize alternative regimes of study, as practiced in prison organizing and indigenous peoples’ movements, and participate with them toward dismantling the intertwined regimes of education and carcerality.
MOOCs: Education’s “The Emperor Wears No Clothes” Moment
Submitted by Class War U on Jun 3 2013 20:45
The recent backlash against MOOCs has tended to romanticize an ideal of public higher education. Yet, education has always been tied up with systems of domination, and MOOCs present an opportunity to reveal the contradictions of higher education—to expose the emperor’s dirty secrets.
