StudentNation

StudentNation is a program of the Nation Fund for Independent Journalism and is made possible through generous funding from the Puffin Foundation. StudentNation focuses on first-person accounts from student activists, organizers, and journalists and has helped launch the careers of contributors to The New York TimesVoxBusiness InsiderTeen Vogue, the Guardian, and more. If you’re a student and you have an article idea, please send pitches and questions to [email protected]

Yale Sanctions Fraternity for Five Years Yale Sanctions Fraternity for Five Years

Yale has banned D.K.E from conducting any activities on campus for five years, including recruiting, as punishment for an episode last October in which members led pledges in chant...

May 18, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation

SlutWalk Vancouver Rallies Against Victim-Blaming SlutWalk Vancouver Rallies Against Victim-Blaming

Student activists used social media to mobilize thousands of people to bring about SlutWalk, Vancouver.

May 17, 2011 / StudentNation / Joanna Chiu

Colleges’ Data Disclosure Would Help Prospective and Active Students Alike Colleges’ Data Disclosure Would Help Prospective and Active Students Alike

Colleges and universities collect data about current and prospective students to understand how to target the students who would be the most successful at their institutions. W...

May 17, 2011 / StudentNation / Julie Margetta Morgan

Arab Youth Respond to Osama bin Laden’s Death Arab Youth Respond to Osama bin Laden’s Death

Arab youth activists respond to the death of Osama bin Laden, addressing how he impacted their lives over the years and what sort of questions his death raises for the region.

May 11, 2011 / StudentNation / Anna Day

Badgering Students to Fork Over Alumni Donations Badgering Students to Fork Over Alumni Donations

A University of Pennsylvania student describes the pressure to begin alumni donations—even before he's picked up his diploma.

May 10, 2011 / StudentNation / Aaron Ross

The Nation Student Writing Contest

The Nation Student Writing Contest The Nation Student Writing Contest

Win $1,000 and get published in The Nation! The Deadline has been extended to midnight on July 5th!

May 9, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation

Campus Progress/Colorlines.com Keynote Contest Campus Progress/Colorlines.com Keynote Contest

Campus Progress and Colorlines.com are looking for the next great speaker on racial and social justice.

May 8, 2011 / StudentNation / StudentNation

The Student Week Ahead The Student Week Ahead

A weekly series highlighting student activism coast to coast.

May 6, 2011 / StudentNation / StudentNation

4 Under 40 Making a Difference for Social Justice 4 Under 40 Making a Difference for Social Justice

Grinnell College announces the first winners of the Grinnell College Young Innovator for Social Justice Prize.

May 5, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation

Arizona’s Choice Today: Tucson Students Lead New Civil Rights Movement Arizona’s Choice Today: Tucson Students Lead New Civil Rights Movement

Stumbling further into the quagmire of a national public relations disaster, drastic new measures by the Tucson Unified School District officials have turned the “manufacture...

May 3, 2011 / StudentNation / Jeff Biggers

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