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March 31, 1996 Programs
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1100 - 1159 Hour #1 Africa
1200 - 1259 Hour #2 Land Conservation" Repeat of 950625B
1300 - 1359 Hour #3 Re-thinking Academia
PROGRAM RUNDOWN Hour 1:Africa
SEGMENT 1:
Sociologist Eddie Webster of the University of Witwatersrand in
South Africa tells Judith Strasser that the transition to true
democracy in his country is proceeding, even though the legacy
of apartheid is still evident in people's everyday experience.
He says the problems for the future are economic not political.
Also, Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka - a Nobel laureate and
chairman of the African Democratic League - tells Steve Paulson
about his opposition to Nigeria's leader (Sani Abacha); his
struggle to go on writing while in prison; and his fears for
his country's future.
SEGMENT 2:
Anthropologist Adam Kuper, a native of South Africa who now
teaches at Brunel University in England, tells Steve Paulson
that the colonial past is the cause of most of present day
Africa's social, political and economic problems.
SEGMENT 3:
Nozipo Maraire was born in Zimbabwe and educated at Harvard.
She has a medical degree from Columbia and trained as a
neurosurgeon at Yale. While doing her medical residency in the
United States, she found time to write a novel: "Zenzele: A
Letter for My Daughter." Maraire tells Jim Fleming some of the
stories from the novel and how they have influenced her life.
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
03-31-A.
PROGRAM RUNDOWN Hour 2:Land Conservation"
SEGMENT 1:
This hour, it's the rights of property owners vs. the
Endangered Species Act in America's new land wars. University
of Chicago law professor Richard Epstein tells Steve Paulson
how the fury of landowners is prompting congressional action.
And, Ted Steinberg, author of "Slide Mountain: Or the Folly of
Owning Nature," tells Judith Strasser why he rejects cost-
benefit analyses of environmental issues. Steinberg teaches
history at Rutgers.
SEGMENT 2:
Frank and Deborah Popper have a vision for the Great Plains:
give them back to the bison! They tell Jim Fleming about their
idea for a "buffalo commons" and explain why bison ranching
makes good economic sense for cattle ranchers and is better for
the land. Frank Popper teaches urban studies at Rutgers;
Deborah is a geographer at the College of Staten Island in New
York.
SEGMENT 3:
Theodore Roszak directs the Ecopsychology Institute at
California State University and is co-editor (with Mary Gomes
and Allen Kanner) of "Ecopsychology: Restoring the Earth,
Healing the Mind." He tells Steve Paulson why he is critical
of the mainstream environmental movement -- it ignores basic
psychological insights.
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
06-25-B.
PROGRAM RUNDOWN: HOUR 3: Re-thinking Academia
SEGMENT 1
Lawrence Soley teaches communication at Marquette University
and is the author of "Leasing the Ivory Tower: The Corporate
Takeover of Academia." He tells Jim Fleming that corporations
are profiting from taxpayer funded research and that they put
their own money exclusively into those university activities
that advance corporate interests.
SEGMENT 2:
Eduardo Ochoa teaches economics and statistics at California
State University at Los Angeles where he is the associate dean
of the School of Business and Economics. He tells Judith
Strasser that Ph.D. training that emphasizes research over
teaching is misguided and that universities need to be more
sensitive to the real world effects of their work. Also,
William Tierney of the University of Southern California, tells
Judith Strasser why the tenure system needs to be reformed.
Tierney is the co-author (with Estela Bensimon) of "Rethinking
Promotion and Tenure: Culture and Socialization in Academe."
SEGMENT 3:
Cherie Lohr, Florida state dean of the Union Institute College
of Undergraduate Studies, tells Steve Paulson that her students
are mostly adults who do very well with a learning system of
one-on-one tutorials, and have a major role in designing their
own programs of study. Also, recent grad Jeremy Smith tells
Judith Strasser that his own college experience was less than
wonderful, but that he has some ideas of how higher education
could be reformed. Smith is publications coordinator of the
Center for Campus Organizing.
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
03-31-C.
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