Who's Your Landlord? Costs and Consequences of Privatization

Given pending plans by EMU’s administration to privatize campus housing, EMU-AAUP, Faculty Senate, and EMUFT cosponsored a panel of distinguished speakers to discuss the costs and consequences of privatization.

The event was held via Zoom on November 16, 2021, at 3:30pm (EST). To view the recording of this webinar, register here: 
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/9z_BYCTWTOyfjsCItK-KedU905Hqpj5ata3FS9-9XimVGL7wIPKyNg1GATTvT5sO.Fyb_06yp0gTPd1iH

  • The Vanishing Public University:
    The Causes and Consequences of Privatization at EMU 
    (begins at 16:09)
    Judith Kullberg, Professor of Political Science, Eastern Michigan University
    (presentation slides)

  • The Community Impact of Privatization  (begins at 30:32)
    Edward Muir, Deputy Director, Research and Information Services, American Federation of Teachers

  • The Silencing of Voices:
    Input Theater and the Privatization of Campus Housing at EMU 
    (begins at 44:45)
    Robert Carpenter, Ph.D., Professor of Educational Psychology, Eastern Michigan University
    (presentation slides)

  • The Privatization of Everything (begins at 58:03)
    Donald Cohen, Executive Director of In the Public Interest, a research, policy and strategy center focused on privatization and public goods, and co-author of the upcoming book, The Privatization of Everything .

  • Question and Answers (begins at 1:08:00)

The event was held via Zoom on November 16, 2021, at 3:30pm (EST). To view the recording of this webinar, register here: 
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/9z_BYCTWTOyfjsCItK-KedU905Hqpj5ata3FS9-9XimVGL7wIPKyNg1GATTvT5sO.Fyb_06yp0gTPd1iH

Matt Oches