Out d’Coup LIVE | Wrecking PASSHE: Lies, Deception, and Abandoning the Working Class | February 8, 2021

Raging Chicken has been covering the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education for ten years. We've exposed the lies told by university presidents and system chancellors. We've shown how administrators have used deceptive accounting practices to pull the wool over the eyes of students, faculty, staff, and the public. And, we've given voice to the faculty, staff, students, and community members who fought back.

Today, Indiana University of Pennsylvania is facing devastating cuts in faculty and programs. There's a shiny new Chancellor, but the playbook is much the same. You can dress up austerity in Silicon Valley happy-talk, but the end game is the same.

On this episode of Out d'Coup LIVE we'll be mining the Raging Chicken archives to reframe the discourse of crisis in the defunding and destruction of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. We'll also be taking your calls on the podbean app.

A special shout out to Jonathan Mann who wrote our intro song, “There Are No People in the Future.” Check out all is great stuff on his YouTube page and follow him on Twitter @songadaymann

Selected Raging Chicken coverage of PASSHE discussed in this episode. 

• I Went to Harrisburg and my Head Exploded
• Wall Street on the Susquehanna: PASSHE Bond Scheme Bleeds Education Budget for Beautiful Buildings
• PASSHE’s Austerity Magic: Save Your Despair for Better Days
• Exposing Budget Fraud at PASSHE Universities | Colleen Bradley tells her story
• Budgeting for Fear and Austerity: An Interview with Howard Bunsis
• The Bunsis Report
• APSCUF Releases Independent Audit of PASSHE’s Books, Confirms Bond Schemes Bleeding Education Dollars
• Denying Access: Transforming PASSHE’s Commitment to Working-Class Students