Education

University Presses Under Fire

University Presses Under Fire University Presses Under Fire

How the Internet and slashed budgets have endangered one of higher education’s most important institutions.

May 6, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Scott Sherman

As the School Year Ends, Students Force Out Condoleezza Rice, Walk Out on Fee Hikes and Stage a Sit-In for Divestment

As the School Year Ends, Students Force Out Condoleezza Rice, Walk Out on Fee Hikes and Stage a Sit-In for Divestment As the School Year Ends, Students Force Out Condoleezza Rice, Walk Out on Fee Hikes and Stage a Sit-In for Divestment

From Richmond to Los Angeles, students take direct action for educational justice.

May 6, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

The GED Is Getting Tougher for Students Who Need it Most

The GED Is Getting Tougher for Students Who Need it Most The GED Is Getting Tougher for Students Who Need it Most

An alternative education that makes sense would go beyond test prep

May 5, 2014 / Michelle Chen

Where Shame Is Policy: Inside LA’s ‘Teacher Jail’

Where Shame Is Policy: Inside LA’s ‘Teacher Jail’ Where Shame Is Policy: Inside LA’s ‘Teacher Jail’

Using sex as an excuse, Los Angeles has created a disciplinary limbo in which hundreds of teachers languish.

Apr 30, 2014 / JoAnn Wypijewski

Students File Federal Complaints Against Columbia for Failing to Address Sexual Harassment

Students File Federal Complaints Against Columbia for Failing to Address Sexual Harassment Students File Federal Complaints Against Columbia for Failing to Address Sexual Harassment

The school would have to pay $35,000 per violation under the Clery Act.

Apr 29, 2014 / StudentNation / George Joseph and StudentNation

Justice Sotomayor Speaks Truth to (White) Power

Justice Sotomayor Speaks Truth to (White) Power Justice Sotomayor Speaks Truth to (White) Power

The Justice’s dissent in the Michigan college admissions case identified an enduring element of white supremacy clinging to our democracy. 

Apr 29, 2014 / William Greider

The Week of Student Sit-Ins

The Week of Student Sit-Ins The Week of Student Sit-Ins

As the semester comes to a close, students are taking direct action against deportations, toxic investments and emergency management.

Apr 23, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Elizabeth Warren Wants to Give Students a Fighting Chance

Elizabeth Warren Wants to Give Students a Fighting Chance Elizabeth Warren Wants to Give Students a Fighting Chance

Forty percent of households headed by someone under the age of thirty-five are saddled with student debt, unable to buy homes, raise families and secure their futures.  

Apr 23, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Teachers Are Losing Their Jobs, but Teach for America’s Expanding. What’s Wrong With That?

Teachers Are Losing Their Jobs, but Teach for America’s Expanding. What’s Wrong With That? Teachers Are Losing Their Jobs, but Teach for America’s Expanding. What’s Wrong With That?

Even the organization’s own recruits are uncomfortable with its explosive growth.

Apr 15, 2014 / Feature / Alexandra Hootnick

Harvard Fossil Fuel Divestment Smackdown: The Faculty vs. President Faust

Harvard Fossil Fuel Divestment Smackdown: The Faculty vs. President Faust Harvard Fossil Fuel Divestment Smackdown: The Faculty vs. President Faust

A large group of Harvard faculty release an open letter to President Drew Gilpin Faust calling forcefully for fossil-fuel divestment.

Apr 10, 2014 / Wen Stephenson

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