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Questions for Idaho Economist Mike Ferguson (Education, States, Economy)

The state’s top number-cruncher discusses taxes, education and the consequences of drowning government in the bathtub.

Sasha Abramsky
End Student Debt!
End Student Debt! (Education, Ethical Economics)

Total debt now exceeds $1 trillion. We should write off existing debt and make public college free.

The Editors
Andrew Delbanco
Democracy and Education: On Andrew Delbanco (Education, Education Reform, Higher Education, Books and the Arts)

In College, Andrew Delbanco explains the reversal of the postwar project of democratic expansion in higher education.

Richard Wolin
David Stovall: The Facts and Failures of Educational Policy (Education)

Education and schools have failed to live up to their full potential for the communities they serve.

On The Earth Productions
Classroom
What Teachers Want (Education, Labor)

New studies show that many teachers are unhappy in their jobs—and in this climate of austerity, it's no wonder.

Dana Goldstein
College student
Colleges Withhold Transcripts From Grads in Loan Default (Education, Economy)

Already facing crippling debt and a rocky job market, students in default can't even get access to the grades they've already earned.

Dave Lindorff
Condoleezza Rice
Punditry and the Art of Failing Upward (Education, Media Analysis, Media, Society)

From William Kristol to Condi Rice to Joel Klein, conservatives turn disastrous decisions into fabulous careers. How do they do it?

Eric Alterman
Seven Steps to a Homeland Security Campus (Education, Activism, Society)

Campus spies. Pepper spray. SWAT teams. Welcome to Repress U, class of 2012.

Michael Gould-Wartofsky
Wisconsin protests
America's Youth Uprising (Occupy Wall Street, Social Justice, Activism, Youth)

The renewal of labor militancy and radical politics is being led by a rising generation with its own rock-and-rap passion.

John Nichols
The Ugly Truth Behind Michigan's Budget Surplus (Education, Government, For Profit Education)

Gov. Rick Snyder’s ruthless austerity measures have made the state a bleak place to live, work  and go to school.

Patricia J. Williams

Blogs

A University of Wisconsin-Madison Student Evacuated from Egypt Shares Her Story
StudentNation

An American student reflects on the early days of the protests.

February 7, 2011
A Judge's Ruling Could Leave More Than a Million Young Adults Without Insurance
StudentNation

As Republicans attack the new healthcare law, those up to the age of 26 who are still under their parent's health insurance plan could lose coverage.

February 1, 2011
ROTC's Response to WikiLeaks Puts Academic Freedom at Risk
StudentNation

ROTC memo prohibiting cadets from using WikiLeaks cables for course assignments could impact Stanford's decision on whether to allow ROTC to return to campus.

January 27, 2011
The Truth About College Choice
StudentNation

Campus Progress is working to highlight some disturbing practices at for-profit colleges.

January 20, 2011
$1.4 Billion in Cuts Proposed for California Public Colleges
StudentNation

A budget plan put forth by Gov. Jerry Brown (D-Calif.) may make a $1.4 billion cut in public higher education institutions in the state.

January 13, 2011
In the Wake of the Tragedy in Arizona: An Open Letter to My Students
The Notion

Saturday's shootings reminded me that a democratic republic requires much more sacrifice than I had allowed myself to remember when I have advised you to run for public office.

January 10, 2011
Why the Lack of Protest on American Campuses?
StudentNation

Service is one thing, and activism—particularly in opposition to university policy—is another.

January 6, 2011
Arizona Official Orders Tucson to Shut Down Ethnic Studies
StudentNation

New school superintendent gives the city sixty days to terminate ethnic studies program.

January 6, 2011
How The Disabled Were Dehumanized
StudentNation

Press coverage of a young man thrown out of his wheelchair during the UK student protests suggests that "real" disabled people are not whole human beings.

December 19, 2010
Thousands Of Students Protested Fee Hikes In Quebec City
StudentNation

 A recap of the protest that brought 60,000 students out against unprecedented tuition hikes.

December 15, 2010
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