Adjunct-A-Go-Go! (1): ‘It Is Hard to Feel Like Anything You Do Actually Matters’ Adjunct-A-Go-Go! (1): ‘It Is Hard to Feel Like Anything You Do Actually Matters’
The first in our series of dispatches from the trenches of the intellectual proletariat.
Sep 6, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
Tech Mania Goes to College Tech Mania Goes to College
Are MOOCs—massive open online courses—the utopia of affordable higher education, or just the latest fad?
Sep 4, 2013 / Feature / David Kirp
Inside the Coursera Hype Machine Inside the Coursera Hype Machine
The company has attracted tens of millions in venture capital—but if you're looking for the Amazon of online higher ed, try iTunes U.
Sep 4, 2013 / Feature / Jon Wiener
From the Sunbelt to Capitol Hill, Students Mass for Racial Justice From the Sunbelt to Capitol Hill, Students Mass for Racial Justice
To commemorate the March on Washington, students sat-in, died-in and boycotted school.
Sep 4, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
College Football’s Strange Gods College Football’s Strange Gods
What I learned from my failure to flunk an “amateur” college football star.
Sep 3, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
Rahm Emanuel’s Minority-Bashing School Closings Go Forward Rahm Emanuel’s Minority-Bashing School Closings Go Forward
A federal trial rules against the forces of decency in Chicago—despite evidence that the closing of 50 schools is racist and illegal.
Aug 26, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
On the Death of Democratic Higher Education On the Death of Democratic Higher Education
As opportunities for becoming a college professor retreat, teaching college becomes the province of a proleterariat—and of a class of “gentleman scholars.”
Aug 21, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
As the School Year Approaches, Students Protest in Philadelphia, Chicago and Rhode Island As the School Year Approaches, Students Protest in Philadelphia, Chicago and Rhode Island
Across the country, students sit-in, mobilize and unionize for justice.
Aug 21, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Paying It Forward, One State at a Time Paying It Forward, One State at a Time
States around the country are eager to adopt Oregon’s “Pay It Forward” tuition plan, but organizers warn that it may not be the best fit for every university syst...
Aug 16, 2013 / StudentNation / Rebecca Nathanson and StudentNation
A Fight for the Soul of NYU A Fight for the Soul of NYU
With its ever-expanding roster of campuses around the world, NYU is leading the way toward the corporatization of higher education.
Aug 15, 2013 / StudentNation / Rebecca Nathanson and StudentNation