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Money Science = Ethics Problems on Campus (Higher Education, Society)

The third most dispensed drug in the United States is a thyroid medication called Synthroid.

David Shenk
Affirmative Racism (Racism and Discrimination, Higher Education, Society)

Students across the country are gearing up to defend affirmative action on a national day of protest on February 24.

Laura Flanders

Blogs

What You Need to Know About the Indiana University Strike
StudentNation

This week, students and staff will walk out of class and off the job in support of a comprehensive set of demands for worker rights and economic equity.

April 8, 2013
For-Profit Fiasco: California Public Colleges Turn to Web Courses
Jon Wiener

First, cut the budget so students can’t get the courses they need. Then, bring in for-profit companies.

March 14, 2013
Anatomy of a Failed Campus: What Happened At NYU's Tisch Asia?
StudentNation

Amid the university's rapid international expansion, there is a story of an NYU campus that failed. So what happened in Singapore? It depends who you ask. 

March 6, 2013
Dispatches From the US Student Movement: March 1
StudentNation

This week, students across the country rail against program cuts, tuition hikes and racist university policies. What’s next for reproductive justice in Alabama? Could Congress be on the verge of a student new deal?

March 1, 2013
Challenging Georgia's Ban on Undocumented Students
StudentNation

As the national debate on comprehensive immigration reform heats up, Georgia activists are fighting racist state-level policy.

February 27, 2013
NYU Divest Hosts Bill McKibben, Faces Rebuff From Administration
StudentNation

The environmental activist and self-described “professional bummer-out-er" spoke at Cooper Union's historic Great Hall last night.

February 6, 2013
NYU Program Makes Palestinians and Israelis Roommates
StudentNation

One young Palestinian woman explains the program that has brought eight students to NYU to share a bedroom with a student from the opposite territory, and spend twice a week in dialogue about “the conflict, the history, the legitimacy of the country, the definition of terrorism.”

January 31, 2013
When Universities Sell Art: The Case of Columbia's Rembrandt
Jon Wiener

Columbia’s Rembrandt, sold in 1975 for $1 million, is back on the market—for $47 million.

January 21, 2013
Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign Wraps Up First Semester on 192 Campuses
StudentNation

A new campaign to push colleges and universities to divest from the fossil fuel industry spread like wildfire this past semester.

January 2, 2013
NYU Divest Calls On President Sexton To End Fossil Fuel Investments
StudentNation

The campus divestment movement has made its way to NYU, where students and faculty are pressuring the administration to cut its ties with the fossil fuel industry.

December 12, 2012