StudentNation

StudentNation is a program of the Nation Fund for Independent Journalism and is made possible through generous funding from the Puffin Foundation. StudentNation focuses on first-person accounts from student activists, organizers, and journalists and has helped launch the careers of contributors to The New York TimesVoxBusiness InsiderTeen Vogue, the Guardian, and more. If you’re a student and you have an article idea, please send pitches and questions to [email protected]

Canadian Students Work to Increase Sustainability in Rural Communities Canadian Students Work to Increase Sustainability in Rural Communities

 One Canadian university is sending students to help green small rural communities in Alberta.

Aug 4, 2010 / StudentNation / Carrie Battan

Credit Unions Help Students See the Light, Not the Red

Credit Unions Help Students See the Light, Not the Red Credit Unions Help Students See the Light, Not the Red

How does a student afford mandatory expenses for college without graduating $5,000 or more in the red? Consider credit unions, instead of credit card companies.

Aug 3, 2010 / StudentNation / Melanie Breault

StudentNation: Making an Educated Investment StudentNation: Making an Educated Investment

In a society where a bachelor’s degree is the new high school diploma and a master’s degree is the new bachelor’s, the issue of college affordability is a common ...

Jul 27, 2010 / StudentNation / Melanie Breault

Pressured by Students, Nike Agrees to Help Workers in Honduras Pressured by Students, Nike Agrees to Help Workers in Honduras

Facing pressure from universities and student groups, Nike has announced that it would pay $1.5 million to help almost 2,000 workers in Honduras who lost their jobs.

Jul 26, 2010 / StudentNation / Aaron Ross

How To Make Textbooks More Affordable

How To Make Textbooks More Affordable How To Make Textbooks More Affordable

College students currently spend an average of $900 a year on textbooks—a number that has increased at four times the rate of inflation since 1994.

Jul 26, 2010 / StudentNation / Carrie Battan

Young, Educated and Unpaid

Young, Educated and Unpaid Young, Educated and Unpaid

Jett Wells, an unpaid intern for HuffingtonPost, has made a very good video about unpaid internships.

Jul 21, 2010 / StudentNation / The Nation

Protesters Arrested in NC Claiming School Plan Would Resegregate System Protesters Arrested in NC Claiming School Plan Would Resegregate System

Police in Raleigh, NC arrested 19 people at a contentious school board meeting yesterday where protesters accused the Wake County School Board of adopting a plan that will resegreg...

Jul 20, 2010 / StudentNation / The Nation

A Big Next Step in College Journalism A Big Next Step in College Journalism

New consortium aims to address obstacles confronting college journalism through an unprecedented editorial and financial collaboration.

Jul 18, 2010 / StudentNation / Aaron Ross

Teach For America More Competitive Than Ever Teach For America More Competitive Than Ever

The fact that college graduates are drawn to public service programs, even if it is because they might be waiting out a poor economy, is encouraging.

Jul 14, 2010 / StudentNation / Kay Steiger

College Media Censorship College Media Censorship

A year-end review of efforts to limit student press expression coast to coast.

Jul 13, 2010 / StudentNation / The Nation

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