College Seniors Face Lack of Entry-Level Jobs College Seniors Face Lack of Entry-Level Jobs
As those laid off during the recession continue to apply for entry-level positions, college seniors are facing more competition than expected.
Mar 14, 2011 / StudentNation / Melanie Breault
The ‘Badger Advocates’: Corporate Advocates, Not UW-Madison Advocates The ‘Badger Advocates’: Corporate Advocates, Not UW-Madison Advocates
At the University of Wisconsin-Madison a group of corporate lobbyist will be working to turn the university into a quasi-private "public authority" institution. Other states that h...
Mar 8, 2011 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Updates On Last Week’s Occupations at Dickinson, Milwaukee, Berkeley Updates On Last Week’s Occupations at Dickinson, Milwaukee, Berkeley
Last week’s March 2 National Day of Action saw scores of protests in more than a dozen states—including two that ended in arrests and one that ended with a bunch of p...
Mar 7, 2011 / StudentNation / Angus Johnston
Pennsylvania Students Protests Against Sexual Violence and Administrators Respond Pennsylvania Students Protests Against Sexual Violence and Administrators Respond
Students at Dickinson College refused to leave their campus administrative offices until the officials met their demands to change the campus's sexual assault policy. And their dem...
Mar 4, 2011 / StudentNation / Sara Jerving
Wisconsin Teachers, Students Face Uncertain Future Wisconsin Teachers, Students Face Uncertain Future
Proposed budget cuts and threats to collective bargaining are already damaging public education in Wisconsin.
Mar 2, 2011 / Meredith Clark
A Vote to Cut Grants to Low-Income Students Provokes a National Day of Action A Vote to Cut Grants to Low-Income Students Provokes a National Day of Action
The United States Student Association is organizing nationwide resistence to a House vote to cut the Pell Grant and TRIO programs.
Mar 2, 2011 / StudentNation / Sara Jerving
The Future of Public Education, as Much as Unions, Is at Stake in Wisconsin The Future of Public Education, as Much as Unions, Is at Stake in Wisconsin
What has become clear to the protesters over the last week is that, beyond an assault on unions, Walker’s bill is part of a wider attack on working families and public educat...
Feb 21, 2011 / StudentNation / Sara Jerving
From an Israeli Prison to Tahrir Square From an Israeli Prison to Tahrir Square
A Palestinian's odyssey in a Middle East ablaze.
Feb 14, 2011 / Jen Marlowe
College Health Plan Standards Will Improve With the Rest of Health Care College Health Plan Standards Will Improve With the Rest of Health Care
College health care plans were initially excluded from the national health care over-haul but now will be held to the same standards as other insurers.
Feb 11, 2011 / StudentNation / Sara Jerving
It Takes a Village, Not a Tiger It Takes a Village, Not a Tiger
Whether you're a tiger mother, a soccer mom, a helicopter parent or something else, if you're not in poverty, then your kids will probably end up okay.
Feb 10, 2011 / Column / Katha Pollitt