Ellen Schrecker
Ellen Schrecker’s most recent book is The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s (University of Chicago Press, 2021). Her website is ellenschrecker.com.
Stories by this Author
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The Review | Essay
The 50-Year War on Higher Education
To understand today’s political battles, you need to know how they began. -
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The Review
An Old Story With a Dangerous New Twist
Public higher education is being dragged down as part of the conservative assault on American government. -
The Review
An Open Letter to the CUNY Board of Trustees
A previous awardee protests the denial of an honorary degree to the playwright Tony Kushner. -
The Review
The Bad Old Days: Higher Ed During the Great Depression
Cash-strapped colleges can learn from studying how higher education weathered the Great Depression. -
The Review
Worse Than McCarthy
When Barrows Dunham, chairman of Temple University’s philosophy department, faced the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1953, he knew that his job was on the line. He was determined not to cooperate with the committee or name names; so, after giving his name, address, and — reluctantly —…