Why U.S. Public Higher Education No Longer Actually Exists
Cuts to American education, combined with other factors, have made it no longer accurate to call higher education public; a court has ruled that the data on your cellphone is actually the property of your carrier; meanwhile, Chelsea Manning makes a case for "increasing freedom of information and transparency" in the U.S. These items and more inside.
Cuts to American education, combined with other factors, have made it no longer accurate to call higher education public; a court has ruled that the data on your cellphone is actually the property of your carrier; meanwhile, Chelsea Manning makes a case for “increasing freedom of information and transparency” in the U.S. These items and more below.
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The American public needs more access to what the government is doing in its name. That requires increasing freedom of information and transparency
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