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Will Social Mobility Be a Casualty of Brazil’s Higher Education Cuts?

Will Social Mobility Be a Casualty of Brazil’s Higher Education Cuts?
Teachers hold signs that read "To Fight is to Educate" during a protest demanding better salaries and labor conditions, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 3, 2014 (AP photo by Silvia Izquierdo).

In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, and senior editor, Frederick Deknatel, discuss Turkey’s interests and agenda in the Syrian civil war. For the Report, Ciara Long talks with Peter Dörrie about the impact of austerity on higher education and social mobility in Brazil.

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Trend Lines is produced and edited by Peter Dörrie, a freelance journalist and analyst focusing on security and resource politics in Africa. You can follow him on Twitter at @peterdoerrie.

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