Higher Education

University of Michigan

Are Social Media Normalizing Campus Racism? Are Social Media Normalizing Campus Racism?

University officials must do more—their priority should be the well-being of students of color, not the institution’s reputation.

May 21, 2018 / StudentNation / Noëlle Lilley

What It’s Like to Be Black on Campus Now

What It’s Like to Be Black on Campus Now What It’s Like to Be Black on Campus Now

Suddenly our experiences no longer seem isolated—they’re linked in a larger movement against institutional racism. Ten black student journalists tell their stories.

May 16, 2018 / StudentNation / Melissa Harris-Perry

Charlottesville

At the University of Virginia, Black Students Are Still Recovering From August 11 At the University of Virginia, Black Students Are Still Recovering From August 11

As the academic year draws to a close, black students at the University of Virginia still experience trauma from the white-supremacist Unite the Right rally.

May 16, 2018 / StudentNation / Alexis Gravely

CUNY students

CUNY Was Close to Stiffing Its Students—Until They Organized CUNY Was Close to Stiffing Its Students—Until They Organized

Students at the City College of New York protected campus groups from a new policy that could have stripped them of funding. 

May 15, 2018 / StudentNation / Brandon Jordan and Skanda Kadirgamar

UIowa

In Right-to-Work Iowa, Faculty May Just Have to Follow West Virginia’s Lead In Right-to-Work Iowa, Faculty May Just Have to Follow West Virginia’s Lead

Non-tenure-track professors at the University of Iowa are fighting for bargaining rights in the kind of labor environment Janus threatens to make the national norm—and th...

Apr 27, 2018 / StudentNation / Jake Bittle

March for Science

STEM Students Are Asking More of the #MeToo Movement STEM Students Are Asking More of the #MeToo Movement

Harassment in the sciences doesn’t only come in the form of neatly packaged Title IX reports of clear sexual abuse.  

Apr 17, 2018 / StudentNation / Emmalina Glinskis

Student debt protest

What Do Debt-Free College Plans Actually Mean for Students? What Do Debt-Free College Plans Actually Mean for Students?

As states across the country roll out programs to increase access to higher education, are students really getting a fair deal?

Apr 9, 2018 / Michelle Chen

Andrew Cuomo announces free college tuition

Why Are New York’s Public Funds Going to For-Profit College Tuition? Why Are New York’s Public Funds Going to For-Profit College Tuition?

Despite being under intense regulatory scrutiny, for-profit colleges have still been making use of New York’s tuition assistance program.

Apr 5, 2018 / Michelle Chen

My Wife Resents Cooking Family Dinner, but I Work Longer Hours. What’s Fair?

My Wife Resents Cooking Family Dinner, but I Work Longer Hours. What’s Fair? My Wife Resents Cooking Family Dinner, but I Work Longer Hours. What’s Fair?

And a professor asks about helping younger, indebted colleagues.

Mar 23, 2018 / Liza Featherstone

Sacramento ANTIFA group

Antifa Has Richard Spencer on the Run. Does That Vindicate Its Tactics? Antifa Has Richard Spencer on the Run. Does That Vindicate Its Tactics?

There’s good reason to believe that antifa’s success has come despite violent tactics, not because of them.

Mar 21, 2018 / Joshua Holland

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