Dear Class of 2015: You’ve Been Scammed! Dear Class of 2015: You’ve Been Scammed!
Does this really sound like an education to you or does it sound more like a Ponzi scheme?
Jun 2, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt
The Push for Debt-Free College Is Hitting the Big Time The Push for Debt-Free College Is Hitting the Big Time
An idea that didn't formally exist six weeks ago is picking up a lot of steam.
May 27, 2015 / Blog / George Zornick
This Is What Happens When You Slash Funding for Public Universities This Is What Happens When You Slash Funding for Public Universities
Like other struggling schools, the University of Arizona is raising out-of-state tuition—and courting the affluent students who can afford to pay it.
May 19, 2015 / Feature / Michelle Goldberg
Bernie Sanders Has a Plan: Tax Wall Street and Make College Free Bernie Sanders Has a Plan: Tax Wall Street and Make College Free
A Robin Hood Tax on financial transactions could make higher education available for all.
May 19, 2015 / Blog / John Nichols
Graphs and Legends Graphs and Legends
Raymond Williams tried to save culture from a priestly elite. Can the same be said of the digital humanities?
May 12, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Moira Weigel
Why Restoring Hope in Baltimore Depends on Making College Affordable Why Restoring Hope in Baltimore Depends on Making College Affordable
Rather than promoting mobility, the broken college financing system is ensuring that inequality gets passed down from one generation to the next.
May 7, 2015 / Sara Goldrick-Rab
Could Yale Graduate Students Be the Next to Unionize? Could Yale Graduate Students Be the Next to Unionize?
Following the NYU and UConn victories, graduates at Yale and other universities are demanding recognition as workers.
May 6, 2015 / Blog / Michelle Chen
At Least 240,000 People Want to Cancel All Student Debt At Least 240,000 People Want to Cancel All Student Debt
A coalition including Coalition for America's Future, Daily Kos, Student Debt, and The Nation delivered a petition to Elizabeth Warren calling for the cancelation of all studen...
May 4, 2015 / Nadia Kanji
Why Is a Notorious Free-Speech Censor Being Given a Platform at a Major Academic Gathering? Why Is a Notorious Free-Speech Censor Being Given a Platform at a Major Academic Gathering?
Leading intellectuals are outraged that Monique Canto-Sperber, who famously quashed two events sponsored by Israel critics, is being given the stage to discuss “freedom of sp...
Apr 23, 2015 / David Palumbo-Liu
Liberals to Hillary: Make Public College Debt-Free Liberals to Hillary: Make Public College Debt-Free
Several congressional Democrats, along with progressive activists, are launching a campaign to eliminate student debt.
Apr 21, 2015 / Blog / George Zornick