Rick Scott, the former governor of Florida in 2012 had a task force that recommended that people who major in history and others other humanities fields be charged higher tuition at State University. Kentucky governor Matt Bevan in 2016 said that quote French literature majors should not receive state funding for their degrees. Ronda Santis, a real star in the anti humanities war, mocked people who go into debt to quote end up with degrees in things like zombie studies.
Featuring Dennis Hogan on the crisis in higher education. The first in a two-part series. Next up: Donna Murch and Todd Wolfson on how university workers can fight back through industrial unionism.
Read Dan's interview in The Nation thenation.com/article/world/qa-daniel-denvir
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