Student movements

Emma Sulkowicz and the Benefit of the Doubt

Emma Sulkowicz and the Benefit of the Doubt Emma Sulkowicz and the Benefit of the Doubt

Another victim of Emma Sulkowicz’s alleged rapist has come forward, with a message for everyone who has doubted the mattress-carrying activist.

May 22, 2015 / Michelle Goldberg

This Is What Happens When You Slash Funding for Public Universities

This Is What Happens When You Slash Funding for Public Universities This Is What Happens When You Slash Funding for Public Universities

Like other struggling schools, the University of Arizona is raising out-of-state tuition—and courting the affluent students who can afford to pay it.

May 19, 2015 / Feature / Michelle Goldberg

Could Yale Graduate Students Be the Next to Unionize?

Could Yale Graduate Students Be the Next to Unionize? Could Yale Graduate Students Be the Next to Unionize?

Following the NYU and UConn victories, graduates at Yale and other universities are demanding recognition as workers.

May 6, 2015 / Michelle Chen

At Least 240,000 People Want to Cancel All Student Debt

At Least 240,000 People Want to Cancel All Student Debt At Least 240,000 People Want to Cancel All Student Debt

A coalition including Coalition for America's Future, Daily Kos, Student Debt, and The Nation delivered a petition to Elizabeth Warren calling for the cancelation of all studen...

May 4, 2015 / Nadia Kanji

The Campaign to Refuse Student Debt Is About to Kick Into Overdrive

The Campaign to Refuse Student Debt Is About to Kick Into Overdrive The Campaign to Refuse Student Debt Is About to Kick Into Overdrive

Anti-debtors are descending on DC to challenge the Department of Education’s regulation of student debt.

Mar 30, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Columbia Students to Lee Bollinger: Divest From Prisons Now!

Columbia Students to Lee Bollinger: Divest From Prisons Now! Columbia Students to Lee Bollinger: Divest From Prisons Now!

As of  last year, the university had $8 million invested in Corrections Corporation of America, as well as shares in other private security firms.

Mar 20, 2015 / Clare Sestanovich

New York University

NYU’s Graduate Student Union Just Won a Historic Contract NYU’s Graduate Student Union Just Won a Historic Contract

Rank-and-file organizing pays dividends for the nation’s only private graduate student union.

Mar 11, 2015 / Avi Asher-Schapiro

What Happens if You Refuse to Pay Off Your Student Debt?

What Happens if You Refuse to Pay Off Your Student Debt? What Happens if You Refuse to Pay Off Your Student Debt?

Fifteen former students of the for-profit Corinthian college chain are launching a debt strike to allow other debtors to do just that.

Feb 25, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Why Harvard Students Are Sitting-In Outside Drew Faust’s Office

Why Harvard Students Are Sitting-In Outside Drew Faust’s Office Why Harvard Students Are Sitting-In Outside Drew Faust’s Office

Refusing to divest now is an irresponsible and unsustainable abrogation of Harvard’s power.

Feb 12, 2015 / StudentNation / Divest Harvard

Bobst Protest, Social Media as Battleground for Race

Bobst Protest, Social Media as Battleground for Race Bobst Protest, Social Media as Battleground for Race

Protests on the NYU campus in the wake of the Eric Garner non-indictment spark debates on social media about race and privilege.

Dec 10, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

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