The True Crime in Higher Education (Aja, Entin, Theoharis)

BC PSC Executive Committee members Alan Aja (Puerto Rican & Latino Studies) and Joseph Entin (English / American Studies) collaborated with Jeanne Theoharis (Political Science) to pen this incisive op-ed in the Daily News.
"The True Crime in Higher Education: How We've Abandoned Public Universities Like CUNY".  Alan, Joseph, and Jeanne co-direct BC's innovative Mellon Transfer Student Research Program.

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