Higher Education

Debating Ahmadinejad at Columbia Debating Ahmadinejad at Columbia

Columbia University President Lee Bollinger's combative remarks tarnish an otherwise illuminating event.

Sep 25, 2007 / Feature / Jayati Vora

Welcome to Fleece U Welcome to Fleece U

Our mission is to take feckless teenagers like you and turn them into full-fledged debtors.

Sep 6, 2007 / Barbara Ehrenreich

Funding Higher Ed Funding Higher Ed

The Congressional overhaul of federal student aid is a good first step, but true reform of the system will require an effort on the scale of the GI Bill.

Aug 9, 2007 / Anya Kamenetz

Harvard’s Humanitarian Hawks Harvard’s Humanitarian Hawks

Harvard's Carr Center for Human Rights doesn't officially favor the war in Iraq, so why is it helping Gen. David Petraeus devise a counter-insurgency doctrine?

Jul 14, 2007 / Tom Hayden

Voices in Conflict Voices in Conflict

When Wilton High School censored a student play about the Iraq war, the cast went to the Public.

Jun 21, 2007 / Feature / Emily Douglas

Corrupt Colleges, Student Debt Corrupt Colleges, Student Debt

Corrupt college administrators have sold out students and buried them in a mountain of debt.

Jun 18, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

In Praise of Immigrant Students In Praise of Immigrant Students

The educational odysseys of Hunter College's foreign-born graduates disprove the lies spread by anti-immigrant politicians.

Jun 11, 2007 / Feature / Ellen Chesler

Our Future Is In Your Hands Our Future Is In Your Hands

A cultural icon advises Gettysburg College graduates that social disengagement puts at risk everything unique and idealistic about our way of life.

Jun 1, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Harold Prince

No-Sweat Sit-Ins Hit Academe No-Sweat Sit-Ins Hit Academe

Will a donation from Nike deflect Stanford's efforts to curb sweatshop labor in the making of its sports regalia?

May 24, 2007 / The Editors

Graduates, Close Your Eyes Graduates, Close Your Eyes

A passionate critic of the Iraq War has this advice for the Class of 2007: Be afraid. And look within for answers to all the problems you have inherited.

May 21, 2007 / Tom Engelhardt

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