Roosevelt Institute is hosting a Film Screening on April 2nd at 6 PM - 8:30 PM in the Lecture Room in Gallery 400. A panel discussing the alarming trend of privatization of higher education will follow the movie.
Panelists include:
- Janae Bonsu, founder of BYP 100 and part of the UIC Graduate Employees Organization
- Kenzo Shibata, media director for the IL Federation of Teachers, former teacher with CPA, and digital strategist for the 2012 Chicago’s Teacher’s Union Strike
- Budgeting Professor Farhad Kaab-Omeyr in the UIC Department of Public Administration
- Student Matt Amann, running for the student trustee position on the Board of Trustees
"Starving the Beast is a film which examines the on-going power struggle on college campuses across the nation as political and market-oriented forces push to disrupt and reform America’s public universities. The film documents a philosophical shift that seeks to reframe public higher education as a ‘value proposition’ to be borne by the beneficiary of a college degree rather than as a ‘public good’ for society. Financial winners and losers emerge in a struggle poised to profoundly change public higher education. The film focuses on dramas playing out at the University of Wisconsin, University of Virginia, University of North Carolina, Louisiana State University, University of Texas and Texas A&M."
Pizza will be served.
RSVP at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/starving-the-beast-documentary-film-screening-tickets-43725017705?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=eventcard
Monday, April 2, 2018
6pm - 8:30pm
Lecture Room in Gallery 400
