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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
By Ellen Schrecker October 14, 2022
To understand today’s political battles, you need to know how they began.
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The Review
The New McCarthyism
By Ellen Schrecker June 30, 2016
Why another academic witch hunt could take off.
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The Review
An Old Story With a Dangerous New Twist
By Ellen Schrecker August 28, 2011
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
By Ellen Schrecker May 5, 2011
A previous awardee protests the denial of an honorary degree to the playwright Tony Kushner.
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The Review
The Bad Old Days: Higher Ed During the Great Depression
By Ellen Schrecker June 16, 2009
Cash-strapped colleges can learn from studying how higher education weathered the Great Depression.
The Review
Worse Than McCarthy
By Ellen Schrecker February 10, 2006
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 —…