Higher Education

Pro-Palestine student protest

What’s Next for the Pro-Palestine Student Movement? What’s Next for the Pro-Palestine Student Movement?

“We are not just going to let campus life start as normal."

Oct 14, 2024 / StudentNation / Urvi Kumbhat and Sophie Bandarkar

AI Is Taking Over College Admissions

AI Is Taking Over College Admissions AI Is Taking Over College Admissions

For many high school students, artificial intelligence only heightens the anxieties around applying to college. How much of their application will be read by a human?

Oct 11, 2024 / StudentNation / Marium Zahra

Stanford University President Jonathan Levin.

Some of Our Top Schools Are Embarrassing Themselves Over Covid Some of Our Top Schools Are Embarrassing Themselves Over Covid

Why are places like Stanford and Johns Hopkins hosting gatherings of well-known coronavirus cranks?

Oct 4, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves

A close-up photo of Fredric Jameson smiling in front of a microphone.

Fredric Jameson Named the System We Are Still Fighting Fredric Jameson Named the System We Are Still Fighting

The late literary critic revitalized Marxism to critique our postmodern and globalized reality.

Oct 3, 2024 / Obituary / Jeet Heer

Momodou Taal

A Cornell Graduate Student Faces Deportation After a Pro-Palestine Action A Cornell Graduate Student Faces Deportation After a Pro-Palestine Action

Momodou Taal, who is attending the university with a F-1 visa, was suspended after a September 18 protest under a new policy seeking to quash Gaza solidarity actions.

Sep 25, 2024 / Aaron Fernando

For Many Students, Labor Organizing and Palestinian Solidarity Are One Movement

For Many Students, Labor Organizing and Palestinian Solidarity Are One Movement For Many Students, Labor Organizing and Palestinian Solidarity Are One Movement

At Dartmouth, unions and pro-Palestine activists have developed their causes side by side around a vision of collective campus liberation.

Sep 10, 2024 / StudentNation / Ramsey Alsheikh

People organize a pro-Palestinian protest outside Trinity College Dublin.

After an Agreement to Divest From Israel, What’s Next for Trinity College Dublin? After an Agreement to Divest From Israel, What’s Next for Trinity College Dublin?

The school’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment ended in just five days. But the path to divestment began before the encampment—and stretches far beyond.

Sep 5, 2024 / StudentNation / Aaron Boehmer

Activists gather outside the US. State Department for a pro-Palestine rally.

Fulbright Scholars Demand That the Program Speak Out on Palestine Fulbright Scholars Demand That the Program Speak Out on Palestine

The program has been silent during the war on Gaza, while its parent institution continues to fund Israel’s ongoing assault.

Aug 22, 2024 / StudentNation / Surina Venkat

President of Columbia University Nemat “Minouche” Shafik arrives at a hearing before the House Committee on Education & the Workforce at Rayburn House Office Building on April 17, 2024 in Washington, DC.

Good Riddance, Minouche Shafik Good Riddance, Minouche Shafik

How the now-former Columbia University president betrayed her students, destroyed her credibility, and disgraced her office.

Aug 20, 2024 / Samaa Khullar

Cornell University Workers Strike as Students Return to Campus

Cornell University Workers Strike as Students Return to Campus Cornell University Workers Strike as Students Return to Campus

“We have members who are on Section 8,” said one union representative. “The majority of our members can’t afford to live here in Ithaca, close to their job.” 

Aug 20, 2024 / Aaron Fernando

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