Higher Education

Ann Coulter protest Berkeley

The Myth of ‘Liberal Intolerance’ The Myth of ‘Liberal Intolerance’

The most significant threats to free speech come from conservatives.

Sep 12, 2018 / Column / Eric Alterman

Harvard University

Affirmative Action Is Under Attack Affirmative Action Is Under Attack

From neighborhood schools to elite universities, diversity in education is under fire.

Aug 31, 2018 / Michelle Chen

Avital Ronell

Power in the Ivory Tower Power in the Ivory Tower

What on earth is going on at NYU?

Aug 29, 2018 / Column / Katha Pollitt

College Bookstore

Nothing Says ‘Welcome to College’ Like Exorbitant Textbook Prices Nothing Says ‘Welcome to College’ Like Exorbitant Textbook Prices

The cost of textbooks could feed a family of four for a week.

Aug 28, 2018 / StudentNation / Andre Perry

Student debt protest

The State Lawsuit That Could Set a Precedent for Nationwide Student-Loan Refunds The State Lawsuit That Could Set a Precedent for Nationwide Student-Loan Refunds

What is certain is that borrowers will continue to pay the price if student-loan companies aren’t held accountable.

Aug 9, 2018 / StudentNation / Natalia Abrams and Senya Merchant

Stuyvesant High School

Elite New York High Schools Need More Diversity—Standardized Testing Isn’t Helping Elite New York High Schools Need More Diversity—Standardized Testing Isn’t Helping

Standardized testing won’t encourage diversity in elite New York City high schools—creating a supportive culture will.

Jul 25, 2018 / StudentNation / Gabriela Thorne

These Students Challenged Their Campus’s Flawed Title IX Policy—and They’re Winning

These Students Challenged Their Campus’s Flawed Title IX Policy—and They’re Winning These Students Challenged Their Campus’s Flawed Title IX Policy—and They’re Winning

Starting with the resignation of Swarthmore College’s dean of students.

Jul 11, 2018 / StudentNation / Priya Dieterich, Morgin Goldberg, Olivia Smith, and Shelby Dolch

Free Speech Rally at UC Berkeley

The Dark Money Behind Campus Speech Wars The Dark Money Behind Campus Speech Wars

Speech First has ties to the billionaire Koch brothers and high-profile conservative causes. But the campus culture wars won’t be won in the courts: You can’t litigate students int...

Jul 9, 2018 / Daniel Moattar

It’s Time for HBCUs to Address Homophobia and Transphobia on Their Campuses

It’s Time for HBCUs to Address Homophobia and Transphobia on Their Campuses It’s Time for HBCUs to Address Homophobia and Transphobia on Their Campuses

While there are more than 100 historically black colleges and universities in the country, only three have LGBT student centers.

Jun 21, 2018 / StudentNation / Sherri Williams

Graduation Students

Americans Are Drowning in Student-Loan Debt. The US Should Forgive All of It. Americans Are Drowning in Student-Loan Debt. The US Should Forgive All of It.

No young person should be condemned to debt for pursuing the higher education or technical training that virtually everyone agrees is vital to this nation’s future.

Jun 19, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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