Higher Education

How UC–Santa Barbara Can Turn Grief Into Action: Divest From Gun Manufacturers

How UC–Santa Barbara Can Turn Grief Into Action: Divest From Gun Manufacturers How UC–Santa Barbara Can Turn Grief Into Action: Divest From Gun Manufacturers

Our communities are bearing the brunt of gun violence while corporate executives reap the financial rewards.

May 27, 2014 / Peter Dreier and Jennifer Fiore

Colleges Are Buying Stuff They Can’t Afford and Making Students Pay For It

Colleges Are Buying Stuff They Can’t Afford and Making Students Pay For It Colleges Are Buying Stuff They Can’t Afford and Making Students Pay For It

Colleges borrowing great sums from students are focusing on prettying and branding the campus to reflect the commodification of the “college experience,” a vicious cycl...

May 23, 2014 / Michelle Chen

Reports of Worker Abuse Continue at NYU’s Newly Completed Abu Dhabi Campus

Reports of Worker Abuse Continue at NYU’s Newly Completed Abu Dhabi Campus Reports of Worker Abuse Continue at NYU’s Newly Completed Abu Dhabi Campus

To build the university where Bill Clinton will speak this week, laborers are paid less than what was contracted, are refused their own passports and bank cards and sleep a dozen t...

May 20, 2014 / StudentNation / Helen Holmes, Ari Lipsitz, and StudentNation

What Makes Ohio State the Most Unequal Public University in America?

What Makes Ohio State the Most Unequal Public University in America? What Makes Ohio State the Most Unequal Public University in America?

Across the US, student debt is worst at schools with the highest-paid presidents.

May 19, 2014 / Jon Wiener

What the Media Get Wrong About Commencement Speaker Protests

What the Media Get Wrong About Commencement Speaker Protests What the Media Get Wrong About Commencement Speaker Protests

Commencement isn’t a debate forum.

May 19, 2014 / StudentNation / Corinne Grinapol and StudentNation

The Fight to Save San Francisco’s Public College

The Fight to Save San Francisco’s Public College The Fight to Save San Francisco’s Public College

Why is an accrediting commission targeting a well-performing college serving underprivileged communities?

May 15, 2014 / StudentNation / Justine Drennan and StudentNation

1 in 5 Undergraduate Women Faces Sexual Assault—Now the Federal Government Is Finally Doing Something About It

1 in 5 Undergraduate Women Faces Sexual Assault—Now the Federal Government Is Finally Doing Something About It 1 in 5 Undergraduate Women Faces Sexual Assault—Now the Federal Government Is Finally Doing Something About It

Sexual assault survivors forced campus officials to listen up. Last week’s news shows the feds picking up what’s been their work all along.

May 9, 2014 / Dani McClain

Students File Federal Complaints Against Columbia for Failing to Address Sexual Harassment

Students File Federal Complaints Against Columbia for Failing to Address Sexual Harassment Students File Federal Complaints Against Columbia for Failing to Address Sexual Harassment

The school would have to pay $35,000 per violation under the Clery Act.

Apr 29, 2014 / StudentNation / George Joseph and StudentNation

Justice Sotomayor Speaks Truth to (White) Power

Justice Sotomayor Speaks Truth to (White) Power Justice Sotomayor Speaks Truth to (White) Power

The Justice’s dissent in the Michigan college admissions case identified an enduring element of white supremacy clinging to our democracy. 

Apr 29, 2014 / William Greider

Elizabeth Warren Wants to Give Students a Fighting Chance

Elizabeth Warren Wants to Give Students a Fighting Chance Elizabeth Warren Wants to Give Students a Fighting Chance

Forty percent of households headed by someone under the age of thirty-five are saddled with student debt, unable to buy homes, raise families and secure their futures.  

Apr 23, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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