Higher Education

The Chutzpah Industry The Chutzpah Industry

Alan Dershowitz is at it again, campaigning to deny tenure to a DePaul University professor who criticized him.

May 2, 2007 / Jon Wiener

The Higher Education Scam The Higher Education Scam

Marilee Jones excelled as admissions dean at MIT, until she was fired for falsifying her resume. But what good is a college degree, anyway?

Apr 30, 2007 / Feature / Barbara Ehrenreich

Antiwar Students Rising Antiwar Students Rising

As the student peace movement grows stronger and more sophisticated, can it ignite the silent antiwar majority on campus?

Mar 21, 2007 / Sam Graham-Felsen

Goodbye, Horatio Alger Goodbye, Horatio Alger

Is education widening the class divide?

Jan 21, 2007 / Feature / Jeff Madrick

The High Cost of the Home Team The High Cost of the Home Team

Big-money athletics cannot help but sabotage what our colleges and universities are for: instruction and research.

Jan 18, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

College Presidents High on the Hog College Presidents High on the Hog

College presidents are living in baronial splendor, some with salaries, benefits and perks of $1 million or more. And you wonder why the cost of tuition is so high?

Oct 31, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

Trump U. Trump U.

Why go to a real college? Enroll in Donald Trump's virtual university and you'll learn all you need to know for $29 or your money back!

Jul 21, 2006 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman

Burning Cole Burning Cole

Politics trumped academic integrity when a neocon network torpedoed the appointment of Mideast scholar and blogger Juan Cole to a faculty position at Yale.

Jun 16, 2006 / Philip Weiss

Campus Breakthrough on Sweatshop Labor Campus Breakthrough on Sweatshop Labor

The University of California has thrown its weight behind an antisweatshop initiative on campus logowear, proof that conscientious consumers can humanize the forces of global capit...

Jun 1, 2006 / Feature / Peter Dreier and Richard Appelbaum

Leap into the Fray Leap into the Fray

The new generation of academics and scholars is challenged to join, elevate and improve the national conversation, and persuade the public to come back to politics.

May 30, 2006 / Feature / Victor Navasky

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