Education

Here’s How the CARES Act Impacts Your Student Loans

Here’s How the CARES Act Impacts Your Student Loans Here’s How the CARES Act Impacts Your Student Loans

Though it includes some relief for student loan borrowers, it’s hardly enough. And advocates are fighting for more.

Apr 23, 2020 / no-paywall / Cody Hounanian and Lindsay Clark

Student at a campus food pantry

These Students Took Care of Each Other When Their Universities Didn’t These Students Took Care of Each Other When Their Universities Didn’t

When their universities failed to provide support during the early chaos of the coronavirus outbreak, students launched mutual aid efforts across the country to share resources and...

Apr 13, 2020 / no-paywall / Abdullah Shihipar

King‘s College at Cambridge University in the UK is bathed in blue light to celebrate NHS workers.

Cambridge Analytica Showed Us the Dangers of ‘Academic Commercialism’ Cambridge Analytica Showed Us the Dangers of ‘Academic Commercialism’

What happens to ethics when universities rush to monetize their work?

Apr 10, 2020 / Colleen Cordes

Two Georgetown workers walk in front of a large stone building on Georgetown's campus. One is wearing a surgical mask and gloves; the other is carrying a broom.

Universities: Open Your Dorms and Dining Halls Universities: Open Your Dorms and Dining Halls

Some campuses have already stepped up. Students, faculty, and alumni need to pressure the rest to play their part.

Apr 6, 2020 / no-paywall / Zephyr Teachout, Tiffiniy Cheng, and Winn Periyasamy

The University of California Strike Enters Its 4th Month

The University of California Strike Enters Its 4th Month The University of California Strike Enters Its 4th Month

Amid the Covid-19 outbreak, graduate student workers’ living conditions are now their working conditions—and more than ever, we need them to be safe.

Apr 6, 2020 / StudentNation / UC Santa Cruz Wildcat Strikers

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Campuses Are Closed, but Student Journalists Are Still Working Campuses Are Closed, but Student Journalists Are Still Working

Even while they move back home or look for a new place to live, adjust to online learning, and look for extra income, student journalists are still reporting.

Apr 1, 2020 / no-paywall / Rebecca Duke Wiesenberg

Student debt protest

Now Is the Time to Cancel Student Debt Now Is the Time to Cancel Student Debt

Maintaining the persistent burden of student debt is a recipe for economic disaster for millions of everyday people.

Mar 18, 2020 / no-paywall / Cody Hounanian and Natalia Abrams

Campuses Across the Country Are Closing—These Are the Students Impacted

Campuses Across the Country Are Closing—These Are the Students Impacted Campuses Across the Country Are Closing—These Are the Students Impacted

As campuses close to prevent the spread of coronavirus, many students are getting left behind.

Mar 16, 2020 / no-paywall / StudentNation

‘We Have No Nurses and No Isolation Room’

‘We Have No Nurses and No Isolation Room’ ‘We Have No Nurses and No Isolation Room’

Why teachers, principals, and politicians pushed New York’s mayor to shut down the country’s largest school system.

Mar 15, 2020 / no-paywall / Ross Barkan

We Need Multilingual Student Journalism

We Need Multilingual Student Journalism We Need Multilingual Student Journalism

How the news is presented should not hinder anyone from staying informed. As student journalists, we can make sure of that.

Mar 13, 2020 / StudentNation / Rebecca Duke Wiesenberg

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