ROTC’s Response to WikiLeaks Puts Academic Freedom at Risk ROTC’s Response to WikiLeaks Puts Academic Freedom at Risk
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.
Jan 27, 2011 / StudentNation / Kevin Gosztola
Hogwash, Mr. President Hogwash, Mr. President
What is the state of the union? You certainly couldn’t tell from that platitudinous hogwash that the president dished out.
Jan 26, 2011 / Robert Scheer
The Truth About College Choice The Truth About College Choice
Campus Progress is working to highlight some disturbing practices at for-profit colleges.
Jan 20, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
$1.4 Billion in Cuts Proposed for California Public Colleges $1.4 Billion in Cuts Proposed for California Public Colleges
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.
Jan 13, 2011 / StudentNation / StudentNation
In the Wake of the Tragedy in Arizona: An Open Letter to My Students In the Wake of the Tragedy in Arizona: An Open Letter to My Students
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.
Jan 10, 2011 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Why the Lack of Protest on American Campuses? Why the Lack of Protest on American Campuses?
Service is one thing, and activism—particularly in opposition to university policy—is another.
Jan 6, 2011 / StudentNation / James Cersonsky
Arizona Official Orders Tucson to Shut Down Ethnic Studies Arizona Official Orders Tucson to Shut Down Ethnic Studies
New school superintendent gives the city sixty days to terminate ethnic studies program.
Jan 6, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
What Newark Schools Need What Newark Schools Need
Why won't Facebook philanthropist Mark Zuckerberg use his gift to build on progress already being made?
Dec 22, 2010 / Feature / Dana Goldstein
Beyond Silver Bullets for American Education Beyond Silver Bullets for American Education
The problems facing our schools demand solutions, not slogans.
Dec 22, 2010 / Feature / Pedro Noguera and Randi Weingarten
How The Disabled Were Dehumanized How The Disabled Were Dehumanized
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.
Dec 19, 2010 / StudentNation / Laurie Penny