Higher Education

Good Luck Finding Legal Representation If You Support Palestine

Good Luck Finding Legal Representation If You Support Palestine Good Luck Finding Legal Representation If You Support Palestine

A law firm dumped me as a client because of my support of students’ right to protest Israel’s actions. I’m far from the only one shut out.

Oct 30, 2024 / Katherine Franke

LAPD officers on the UCLA Campus in May of this year.

The Politics of Speech on the American Campus The Politics of Speech on the American Campus

Freedom of speech on campuses has long been under attack, but now more than ever.

Oct 28, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Robbins

The Student Loan Crisis Is a National Emergency. We Should Treat It Like One.

The Student Loan Crisis Is a National Emergency. We Should Treat It Like One. The Student Loan Crisis Is a National Emergency. We Should Treat It Like One.

A year after the payment pause, a report from the SDCC reveals the failures of the student loan system. Cancellation is not just a financial necessity—it’s a moral imperative.

Oct 24, 2024 / StudentNation / Sabrina Cereceres

Postdocs and academic researchers at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory welcome new members to the union.

Grad Students Are Unionizing in Droves. Can Postdocs Lead the Next Wave? Grad Students Are Unionizing in Droves. Can Postdocs Lead the Next Wave?

Postdoctoral fellows are vital to universities—running labs, training students, and writing grants—while being overworked and lacking adequate job protections.

Oct 16, 2024 / StudentNation / Marie-Rose Sheinerman

Pro-Palestine student protest

What’s Next for the Pro-Palestine Student Movement? What’s Next for the Pro-Palestine Student Movement?

“We are not just going to let campus life start as normal."

Oct 14, 2024 / StudentNation / Urvi Kumbhat and Sophie Bandarkar

AI Is Taking Over College Admissions

AI Is Taking Over College Admissions AI Is Taking Over College Admissions

For many high school students, artificial intelligence only heightens the anxieties around applying to college. How much of their application will be read by a human?

Oct 11, 2024 / StudentNation / Marium Zahra

Stanford University President Jonathan Levin.

Some of Our Top Schools Are Embarrassing Themselves Over Covid Some of Our Top Schools Are Embarrassing Themselves Over Covid

Why are places like Stanford and Johns Hopkins hosting gatherings of well-known coronavirus cranks?

Oct 4, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves

A close-up photo of Fredric Jameson smiling in front of a microphone.

Fredric Jameson Named the System We Are Still Fighting Fredric Jameson Named the System We Are Still Fighting

The late literary critic revitalized Marxism to critique our postmodern and globalized reality.

Oct 3, 2024 / Obituary / Jeet Heer

Momodou Taal

A Cornell Graduate Student Faces Deportation After a Pro-Palestine Action A Cornell Graduate Student Faces Deportation After a Pro-Palestine Action

Momodou Taal, who is attending the university with a F-1 visa, was suspended after a September 18 protest under a new policy seeking to quash Gaza solidarity actions.

Sep 25, 2024 / Aaron Fernando

For Many Students, Labor Organizing and Palestinian Solidarity Are One Movement

For Many Students, Labor Organizing and Palestinian Solidarity Are One Movement For Many Students, Labor Organizing and Palestinian Solidarity Are One Movement

At Dartmouth, unions and pro-Palestine activists have developed their causes side by side around a vision of collective campus liberation.

Sep 10, 2024 / StudentNation / Ramsey Alsheikh

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