Higher Education

University of Oregon student workers

Inside the Campaign to Unionize the University of Oregon Inside the Campaign to Unionize the University of Oregon

If the Oregon workers are successful, they believe they will be the nation’s largest undergraduate student union at a public university.

Feb 10, 2023 / StudentNation / Porter Wheeler

Joe Biden SOTU

What Biden’s State of the Union Was Missing, According to Young People What Biden’s State of the Union Was Missing, According to Young People

From climate change, to policing, to labor rights, to the Covid-19 pandemic, here are the issues that young people hope Biden will focus on after his SOTU address.

Feb 9, 2023 / StudentNation / StudentNation

“Revolutionary” Housing: How Colleges Aim to Support Formerly Incarcerated Students

“Revolutionary” Housing: How Colleges Aim to Support Formerly Incarcerated Students “Revolutionary” Housing: How Colleges Aim to Support Formerly Incarcerated Students

The number of formerly incarcerated people heading to college is sure to grow. Designing supportive housing for these students could be key to ensuring that they graduate.

Feb 6, 2023 / Feature / Gail Cornwall

General Motors workers strike on September 14, 1970.

Will New Leadership Make the UAW Labor’s Vanguard Once Again? Will New Leadership Make the UAW Labor’s Vanguard Once Again?

In the wake of a corruption scandal, the autoworkers' union leadership faces the first contested election in over three-quarters of a century. But the old guard won't go without a ...

Feb 2, 2023 / Nelson Lichtenstein

Immigration Reform Protest

For Mixed-Status Students, Immigration Reform Is the Only Hope For Mixed-Status Students, Immigration Reform Is the Only Hope

More than 22 million people in the US are in mixed-status households, where at least one undocumented person lives with citizens or lawful temporary immigrants.

Feb 2, 2023 / StudentNation / Yamila Martinez

Deference to Religion Has No Place in Higher Education

Deference to Religion Has No Place in Higher Education Deference to Religion Has No Place in Higher Education

The controversy at Hamline over a painting of Muhammad shown in an art class demonstrates the danger of prioritizing religious beliefs over academic freedom.

Feb 2, 2023 / Column / Katha Pollitt

A view of Building 10 on the campus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Pentagon’s Quest for Academic Intelligence: (AI) The Pentagon’s Quest for Academic Intelligence: (AI)

Remilitarizing the university.

Jan 30, 2023 / Michael T. Klare

President Fayneese Miller of Hamline University

After an Art Controversy, Hamline Faculty Urge Their President to Resign After an Art Controversy, Hamline Faculty Urge Their President to Resign

Many professors said the mishandling of an incident where an adjunct displayed an image of the Prophet Muhammad is dividing the community.

Jan 24, 2023 / David M. Perry

Banners on Harvard's campus

Harvard Changed Its Mind on Ken Roth—Not on Allowing Free Speech About Palestine Harvard Changed Its Mind on Ken Roth—Not on Allowing Free Speech About Palestine

If even a highly respected establishment figure like Ken Roth can be targeted for speaking out against Israel’s abuse of Palestinian human rights, where does that leave student org...

Jan 24, 2023 / Nadine Bahour and Shraddha Joshi

Don’t Blame Students for Using ChatGPT to Cheat

Don’t Blame Students for Using ChatGPT to Cheat Don’t Blame Students for Using ChatGPT to Cheat

When college education is rendered transactional, a generation trained to use technological tools to solve problems is just doing what it’s told.

Jan 20, 2023 / Jordan S. Carroll

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