Corporate Wolves in Academic Sheepskins, or, a Billionaire’s Raid on the University of Tulsa

This sordid tale of crony capitalism under the guise of public philanthropy is another chapter in the corporatization of higher ed.

Jacob Howland

Letters From the June 17-24, 2019, Issue

Imani Perry’s Liberation Feminism

The African-American studies professor sits down with The Nation to discuss books, Beyoncé, and the radical potential of the academy.

Nawal Arjini

Anthony Abraham Jack Wants to Redefine How We Think About College Campus Inequality

His new book, The Privileged Poor, examines the way elite colleges and universities welcome, and don’t welcome, students from the working classes. 

Edwin Aponte

A Victory in the Case of Braeden Bradforth

Finally, an independent investigation has been opened into the high school football star’s death.

Dave Zirin

Princeton Students Are Sitting In for Title IX Reform

In many ways, the sit-in serves as the culmination of student outcry over the university’s treatment of sexual-harassment and assault cases.

Jimin Kang

One of World’s Wealthiest Educational Institutions May Close Its Renowned Press

Stanford University Press is at risk—even though it costs scarcely more than the college football coach’s raise.

Michael Rothberg

Chronicling the Age of Hobsbawm: A Q&A With Historian Richard Evans

“The more I have read his writings, the more I have come to admire and respect him not just as an historian but as a person.”

Sebastiaan Faber

The Real College-Admissions Scandal Is America’s Unjust Financial-Aid Process

A Title I public-school counselor recounts how systemic barriers punish low-income students who want to go to college.

Emmeline Clein

San Jose State Will Build a Parking Structure on Hallowed Ground

By paving a historic track to put up a parking lot, the school is erasing history.

Dave Zirin