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Public Roundtable: “Debt and the Public University."
Public Roundtable: “Debt and the Public University."
With Oliver Davis (French), Lauren Tooker (Politics), Myka Tucker-Abramson (English and Comparative Literary Studies) and Jonathan Vickery (Cultural Policy Studies).
This roundtable will highlight the significance of debt in reshaping the priorities and direction of higher education. Reflecting with fellow panelists on the differences and continuities between the UK and US sectors, IAS Visiting Fellow Joshua Clover will discuss his experience organizing resistance to student debt-loads in California and examine the case for loan default as a principal tactic in the broader struggle against a neoliberal regime of debt discipline. The event will be podcast; all are welcome.
Event sponsored by the IAS, the 糖心TV Department of English and Comparative LiteErary Studies, and 糖心TV Thursdays (糖心TV Writing Programme).