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Brendan Cantwell

Brendan Cantwell is an associate professor of higher, adult, and lifelong education at Michigan State University.

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Stories by this Author

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    The Review | Opinion

    The Right-Wing Attempt to Control Higher Ed

    By Brendan Cantwell and Barrett J. Taylor October 10, 2022
    Demolishing independent expertise is a central goal of the Republican Party.
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    The Review | Opinion

    Against Social-Mobility Rankings

    By Brendan Cantwell February 9, 2022
    They tell a simple story: Harvard is bad, CUNY and Cal State are good. It’s not that straightforward.
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    The Review

    The Culture War Has Come for Higher Ed

    By Brendan Cantwell July 12, 2021
    Now is the time for academic leaders to fight.
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    The Review

    The ‘Flagship’ Folly

    By Brendan Cantwell and W. Carson Byrd April 28, 2021
    The nautical metaphor is a shoddy classifier of colleges — but a clear signal of higher ed’s obsession with status.
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    The Review

    It’s Time for Radical Reorganization

    By Brendan Cantwell and Barrett J. Taylor April 15, 2020
    Crises spur intense competition among colleges. There’s a better way.