The past few decades has seen explosive growth in the number of universities around the world, but it may not be for the noble reasons we would like. Decreased public funding, and new conceptions of universities as engines for economic growth has spurred an intensity of competition for student fees. This shift may help explain rising trends in managerialism, over-quantification of students and researchers, commodification of education, and an 'amenities arms race.' Not to mention staggering student debt, elitism, college admission scandals, and whole countries in protest. Will we be able to turn this failing grade around, or will class be dismissed?
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Ep 107 – Face Off
Ep 106 – Human Nature
Ep 105 – School's Out
Ep 104 – This Land Is My Land
Ep 103 – Minimum Justice
Ep 102 – The Then, The Now, and The Next
Ep 101 – Collapse Chat: We Didn't Start the Fire
Ep 100 – One Hundred Years of Ashes
Ep 99 – Collapse Chat: Border Patrol Catch COVID-19
Ep 98 – Water World (Spoiler: Not So Good)
Ep 97 – Collapse Chat: Borders, Fires, Viruses, and Cannibalism
Ep 96 – Walls That Divide U.S.
Ep 95 – Collapse Chat: Silviculturists, Entrepreneurs and Social Science
Ep 94 – If a Tree Falls
Ep 93 – Collapse Chat: Birds, Vindictive Climate, and Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Ep 92 – Good Heavens
Ep 91 – Collapse Chat: Name and Shame, Community, and Re-Imaginings
Ep 90 – A Grave Situation
Ep 89 – Collapse Chat: Banality, Good, and Evil
Ep 88 – This Land is Our Land
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