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Running Higher Education Like a Business

By Erik Loomis

In General

On September 12, 2024

For years, a lot of people, including the neoliberal Democrats, wanted to run higher education "like a business." This was constantly in the conversation when I started as a professor in the late 00s. Well, they are now run like a business all right, and...

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Elsewhere in the Neoliberal University

By Erik Loomis

On January 13, 2023

Look, I can't think of any better use of the suckers' skyrocketing tuition money than this: The University of Florida is making sure its newly hired president, former Sen. Ben.

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The Senate Death Caucus

By Erik Loomis

On March 18, 2020

The 8 senators who opposed the first COVID-19 bill: Marsha Blackburn (R-TN); Jim Inhofe (R-OK); James Lankford (R-OK); Mike Lee (R-UT); Rand Paul (R-KY); Ben Sasse (R-NE); Tim Scott (R-SC),.

The Wishful Thinking Historical Comparisons of the Media

By Erik Loomis

In General

On September 9, 2018

Larry Sabato is usually a pretty good elections analyst, but his response to Ben Sasse's appearance on Meet the Press this morning was telling: Sen. Ben Sasse(R-NE) said on @MeetThePress that he considers himself a conservative independent who is not wedded to the GOP. Another...