Higher Education

University of Florida Green New Deal

Students at the University of Florida Passed a Historic Pledge for a Green New Deal Students at the University of Florida Passed a Historic Pledge for a Green New Deal

UF is the first and only public university whose student government has given a direct mandate for a Green New Deal. Here’s what happens next.

Apr 9, 2024 / StudentNation / Cameron Driggers and Meagan Lamey

A protester is arrested at a Columbia University demonstration.

Columbia Is Waging War on Dissent Columbia Is Waging War on Dissent

The university is under pressure to root out any students or faculty critical of Israel—and it’s already caved.

Apr 1, 2024 / Katherine Franke

University of Texas classroom

After Texas’s DEI Ban, College Students Are Reconsidering State Schools After Texas’s DEI Ban, College Students Are Reconsidering State Schools

In June, Governor Greg Abbott signed a law banning diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in the state university system—including multicultural centers and campus identity gro...

Mar 26, 2024 / StudentNation / Aina Marzia

Student Loan Borrowers Demand President Biden Use Plan B To Cancel Student Debt Immediately

Six Months After Payments Resumed, Student Loan Borrowers Are Still Struggling Six Months After Payments Resumed, Student Loan Borrowers Are Still Struggling

A new report from the Student Debt Crisis Center found that over one-third of student loan borrowers are forced to reduce spending on necessities like food, rent, and healthcare.

Mar 5, 2024 / StudentNation / Sabrina Cereceres

Protest in Berkeley People's Park

The Struggle to Save Berkeley’s People’s Park The Struggle to Save Berkeley’s People’s Park

After a police raid in early January, razor wire was erected and homeless residents removed. “This is, unfortunately, something that’s not unique to Berkeley.”

Feb 12, 2024 / StudentNation / Shaanth Nanguneri

Pro-Palestine rally at Brown University

Brown University Students Are on a Hunger Strike for Palestine Brown University Students Are on a Hunger Strike for Palestine

Activism / StudentNation / February 7, 2024 Brown University Students Are on a Hunger Strike for Palestine On Friday, students at Brown began the longest hunger strike for…

Feb 7, 2024 / StudentNation / Nicholas Miller

Is Derek Penslar the Wrong Kind of Jew for Harvard?

Is Derek Penslar the Wrong Kind of Jew for Harvard? Is Derek Penslar the Wrong Kind of Jew for Harvard?

He’s a distinguished scholar, director of Harvard’s Center for Jewish Studies, and former president of the American Academy for Jewish Research. But Bill Ackman doesn’t like him.

Feb 2, 2024 / Eric Alterman

Members of Jewish Voice for Peace and the IfNotNow movement staged a rally in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC, on October 13 to call for a cease-fire in the Israel–Hamas war.

Calling for Respect, Freedom, and Security for All Is Not Antisemitic Calling for Respect, Freedom, and Security for All Is Not Antisemitic

My obligation to critique the Israeli state comes from my own Jewish tradition, a tradition which had to defend itself from genuine antisemitism.

Feb 1, 2024 / Marshall Ganz

Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt speaks during 2023 National Action Network (NAN) Triumph Awards at the Lincoln Center in New York.

The Anti-Defamation League: Israel’s Attack Dog in the US The Anti-Defamation League: Israel’s Attack Dog in the US

Posing as a civil rights group, the ADL has long operated as an intelligence organization targeting Israel’s critics. So why does the media still treat it as a credible source?

Jan 31, 2024 / James Bamford

A drone view of the former stage at People's Park in Berkeley, California.

Should People’s Park Be Consigned to the Ash Heap of History? Should People’s Park Be Consigned to the Ash Heap of History?

Many argue that after five decades of resisting the University of California’s repeated attempts to reclaim the park, it’s time to let go of the past and move on. We disagree.

Jan 31, 2024 / Steve Wasserman, Paul Glusman, Judy Gumbo Albert, and Tom Dalzell

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