Education

Higher Education Takes a Hit Higher Education Takes a Hit

As university budgets dwindle, adjunct professors around the country are looking to unionize in a desperate effort to protect their jobs.

Mar 31, 2009 / Feature / Gabriel Arana

Protest at UNLV Protest at UNLV

Thousands of students in Nevada are being radicalized due to draconian budget cuts in state education funding.

Feb 5, 2009 / StudentNation / The Nation

The Student Loan Bailout The Student Loan Bailout

The credit crunch is hitting students hard, but is government aid going to shareholders and CEOs instead of the borrowers who need it most?

Jan 2, 2009 / Feature / Cole Robertson

Radio Nation with Laura Flanders Radio Nation with Laura Flanders

Liberal living coast to coast. A look at the forthcoming Nation Guide to the Nation, with Katrina vanden Heuvel. Plus: Patty Hearst and Obama's education choice.

Dec 15, 2008 / Radio Nation

Beware School ‘Reformers’ Beware School ‘Reformers’

School reform could take on new meaning if Obama's secretary of education is actually an educator.

Dec 11, 2008 / Alfie Kohn

Joel Klein Should Not Be Secretary of Education Joel Klein Should Not Be Secretary of Education

His appointment would not represent the change promised by Barack Obama's election.

Nov 12, 2008 / StudentNation / The Nation

A Lesson for the Next President A Lesson for the Next President

Will our next president have the courage to scrap No Child Left Behind?

Oct 21, 2008 / Feature / Demitrious Sinor

Students for Social Justice Students for Social Justice

Little Village Lawndale students celebrate World Teacher’s Day in protest against standardized testing.

Oct 9, 2008 / StudentNation / The Nation

McCain Unwisely Makes Sex Ed An Issue McCain Unwisely Makes Sex Ed An Issue

With his deceptive ad linking Obama to condom ed for kindergartners, McCain broaches he'd best avoid.

Sep 12, 2008 / Sharon Lerner

A Look at Tulane University’s Service-Learning Post-Katrina A Look at Tulane University’s Service-Learning Post-Katrina

Three years after Hurricane Katrina, Tulane University thrives, due in part to its revamped commitment to community.

Aug 25, 2008 / Feature / Elizabeth Giegerich

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