Banning Foreign Students Is the Opposite of âMaking America Greatâ Banning Foreign Students Is the Opposite of âMaking America Greatâ
How much of our future, our prosperity, and our moral leadership are we willing to sacrifice for this disastrous crusade?
Jun 18, 2025 / Tariq Habash
How Trump Is Transforming Higher Education: The View from 4 Campuses How Trump Is Transforming Higher Education: The View from 4 Campuses
At universities in California, Illinois, Louisiana, and Texas, students report changes to clubs, diminished research opportunities, and fears for international studentsâ safety.
Jun 15, 2025 / Steven Yoder, Felicia Mello, Alexandra Villarreal, and Miles MacClure
Trumpâs âBig Beautiful Billâ Would Be a Disaster for Student Loan Borrowers Trumpâs âBig Beautiful Billâ Would Be a Disaster for Student Loan Borrowers
The proposed budget cuts would hurt millions of Americans, as the typical borrower with a college degree will see their student loan payments spike more than $2,928 per year.
Jun 11, 2025 / StudentNation / Ăngel RenterĂa
Trump Says Heâs Punishing Harvard for Antisemitism Trump Says Heâs Punishing Harvard for Antisemitism
Jun 10, 2025 / Column / Calvin Trillin
So Much for Saving the Planet. Climate Careers Evaporate for the Class of 2025. So Much for Saving the Planet. Climate Careers Evaporate for the Class of 2025.
The Trump administration is disrupting career paths for new graduates hoping to work in climate and sustainability, international aid, public service, and the sciences
May 29, 2025 / Lawrence Lanahan
McCarthyism 2.0: Reflections on Testifying in the House Antisemitism Hearings McCarthyism 2.0: Reflections on Testifying in the House Antisemitism Hearings
I soon realized that neither the law nor the facts matter to the Committee on Education’s Republican inquisitors.
May 28, 2025 / David Cole
The Gutting of the Department of Education Is Worse Than You Think The Gutting of the Department of Education Is Worse Than You Think
Four experts on public education in the US spoke to The Nation about how the dismantling of the Department of Education will hurt students immediately and in the years to come.
May 28, 2025 / StudentNation / Elsie Carson-Holt and Adelaide Parker
Trump Is Holding International Students at Harvard Hostage Trump Is Holding International Students at Harvard Hostage
In its quest to wreak vengeance on Harvard, the administration may ultimately fail at punishing the universityâbut it will harm thousands of young people.
May 23, 2025 / Elie Mystal
UCLA Is Now Nearly Unrecognizable as a University UCLA Is Now Nearly Unrecognizable as a University
A police attack on a documentary film screening is just one of the assaults on student freedoms that have turned UCLA into more of a fortress than a place of higher learning.
May 15, 2025 / Grace Kyungwon Hong, Michael Chwe, Thu-huong Nguyen-vo, and Renee Tajima-Pena
Journalism Schools Are Facing Dual Pressures Under Trump Journalism Schools Are Facing Dual Pressures Under Trump
The administrationâs attacks on both news outlets and universities can place journalism schoolsâand their studentsâat an alarming intersection.
May 14, 2025 / StudentNation / Mohamad Rimawi