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]

BP Oil Spill on the Curriculum BP Oil Spill on the Curriculum

New course at the University of MN will address the gulf crisis.

Jun 29, 2010 / StudentNation / The Nation

College Cuts Hurting Low-Income Youth College Cuts Hurting Low-Income Youth

As the price of college keeps rising, the number of low- and middle-income students in schools keeps falling.

Jun 27, 2010 / StudentNation / Peter Rothberg

Puerto Rico Students Approve Strike Settlement Puerto Rico Students Approve Strike Settlement

Our friends at the StudentActivism blog report on the results of the first mass gathering of students from across the UPR system in the university’s history.

Jun 22, 2010 / StudentNation / The Nation

Leading Cornell Doctor Performing Genital Cutting

Leading Cornell Doctor Performing Genital Cutting Leading Cornell Doctor Performing Genital Cutting

Who’d have thought a celebrated Ivy League medical center would be practicing genital cutting on small children?

Jun 21, 2010 / StudentNation / Carrie Battan

Save Pell Save Pell

Implore Congress to maintain Pell Grant funding.

Jun 20, 2010 / StudentNation / The Nation

Five Myths About College Admissions Five Myths About College Admissions

Who gets in where and why?

Jun 15, 2010 / StudentNation / The Nation

Klan Connections Push UT to Consider Renaming Dorm Klan Connections Push UT to Consider Renaming Dorm

Will Simpkins Dorm stand?

Jun 13, 2010 / StudentNation / Sara Haji

Banks and Colleges Against Students Banks and Colleges Against Students

Banks paying colleges for info on students who rack up credit card debt.

Jun 8, 2010 / StudentNation / The Nation

Freedom of Speech for Students? Freedom of Speech for Students?

Philadelphia court asked to decide if schools can punish students for derisive online communications from home computers.

Jun 7, 2010 / StudentNation / The Nation

SC Students Rally for Clean Energy SC Students Rally for Clean Energy

Winthrop U. students are demanding clean energy plans from their gubernatorial candidates -- not more calls for offshore drilling.

Jun 4, 2010 / StudentNation / The Nation

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