Freedom University is an underground learning community that assists undocumented youth acquire the intellectual tools needed to prepare for college.
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By Sheldon Greaves The week before last I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Megan Prelinger, who with her partner Rick took their personal libraries that had grown too big to manage, and turned them into a DIY public library … Continue reading
In the 1960s and early 70’s. the Midpeninsula Free University created a thriving, radical learning community with lessons for today.
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By Sheldon Greaves If you’ve been to college, you have probably taken a course called “Western Civilization” or “Western Civ” for short. It was probably a required course, which means you did all you could to get through it quickly … Continue reading
By Sheldon Greaves The quote above is a less well-known ancillary to Sun Tzu’s more famous quote: “Know your enemy as you know yourself, and in one hundred battles you will not be in peril. This post is about intellectual … Continue reading
For decades, giant academic publishers have held the intellectual output of America’s universities hostage. That may be changing.
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By Sheldon Greaves One of the legendary minds of the 20th century whose work will continue to enlighten the current century is R. Buckminster Fuller. “Bucky” as he preferred to be called was not only remarkable for the prodigious output … Continue reading
by Sheldon Greaves There have been several excellent posts on the net recently about the problems facing higher education, and some of the reasons why things have deteriorated. Debra Leigh Scott’s excellent summary, “How The American University was Killed, in … Continue reading
By Sheldon Greaves, Ph.D. 16 April 2018 PDF Version As the citizen science movement grows, questions persist about what, exactly, citizen science can and should do. Where should practitioners focus their efforts? Where does citizen science stand in relation to … Continue reading
By Sheldon Greaves, Ph.D. Ocean Sanctuaries 11 December 2017 (Download PDF) A recent essay[1] by Philip Mirowski has caught the attention of the Citizen Science community, by raising some trenchant questions despite several questionable assertions and assumptions about the Citizen … Continue reading