Higher Education

Biden university debt

Joe Biden Can Cancel Your Student Loan Debt Joe Biden Can Cancel Your Student Loan Debt

Legal experts, the Senate majority leader, and borrowers all agree that the president has the authority to cancel student loan debt. Why doesn’t Nancy Pelosi?

Aug 27, 2021 / StudentNation / Cody Hounanian and Brendan Rooks

College student gets a Covid vaccine

A Quick Reminder That Mandating Vaccines Is Totally Constitutional A Quick Reminder That Mandating Vaccines Is Totally Constitutional

No, the Bill of Rights does not block vaccine mandates. Neither does HIPAA. Just ask the three Republican judges who ruled that Indiana University can require students to be vaccin...

Aug 4, 2021 / Elie Mystal

UT Austin Student

Graduate Workers at UT Austin Are Undervalued, Underpaid, and Demanding Answers Graduate Workers at UT Austin Are Undervalued, Underpaid, and Demanding Answers

After a year of precarious pandemic protocols, the health of grad workers is now at risk.

Aug 2, 2021 / StudentNation / Annie Bares and John Mellison

Brandon Taylor’s Potlucks and Parties

Brandon Taylor’s Potlucks and Parties Brandon Taylor’s Potlucks and Parties

In his new collection of short stories, the Booker-Prize nominated novelist explores the desires and discontents of people living in small university towns. 

Jul 13, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Wilson

Empty hospital bed

How the Pandemic Made It Harder to Become a Doctor How the Pandemic Made It Harder to Become a Doctor

Covid-19 has made medical schools more competitive, while also giving students less training.

Jun 29, 2021 / StudentNation / Zoya Qureshi

Inmate Students San Quentin

Building the Prison-to-College Pipeline Building the Prison-to-College Pipeline

Securing a college education for the formerly incarcerated can break intergenerational cycles of poverty and crime.

Jun 25, 2021 / David Kirp

Universities Are Slashing Faculties and Blaming Covid

Universities Are Slashing Faculties and Blaming Covid Universities Are Slashing Faculties and Blaming Covid

Citing the pandemic, administrators are pushing cuts—despite receiving millions in federal relief funds.

Jun 22, 2021 / StudentNation / Arvind Dilawar

Laptop remote learning

Computer Screens and Pieces of Paper Computer Screens and Pieces of Paper

After a year of remote learning, many college students are reevaluating the value of higher education.

Jun 18, 2021 / StudentNation / Teresa Xie

Andy Biggs press conf

The Miseducation of White Children The Miseducation of White Children

The attacks on critical race theory are just another attempt to prevent this country from reckoning with its racist past and present—by keeping white kids ignorant.

Jun 3, 2021 / Elie Mystal

Race Riots, Tulsa, Oklahoma,

A Historian of the Tulsa Race Massacre Confronts the Myth of Objectivity A Historian of the Tulsa Race Massacre Confronts the Myth of Objectivity

Karlos Hill argues that a scholar’s power lies in “being a catalyst for change.”

May 28, 2021 / David M. Perry

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