Higher Education

A photo of late Cambridge professor Jason Arday is pictured along with floral tributes that are attached to the fencing around the Senate House at the University of Cambridge on August 18, following his death at age 41 on August 14.

The Machine That Came for Jason Arday The Machine That Came for Jason Arday

It wasn't a scandal but a machine—funded, transatlantic, and still running.

Aug 20, 2026 / Jafari Sinclaire Allen

Lecture at Regis College, 1978.

Adjuncting Until the End of Time Adjuncting Until the End of Time

Universities now have more adjuncts than tenured and tenure-track professors combined. The conditions are unsustainable—for professors and students alike.

Aug 15, 2026 / Maria Adelmann

Columbia University, March 2025.

What Happened to the American University? What Happened to the American University?

Once the envy of the world, higher education in the United States is now in a state of endless crisis.

Aug 10, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Bessner

The Widener Library on the Harvard Campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The Graduate Students Taking on the World’s Richest University The Graduate Students Taking on the World’s Richest University

In public, Harvard has waged a battle against the Trump administration. In private, workers say the university wants to appease it.

Aug 3, 2026 / StudentNation / Mira Nalbandian

Universities Say They Value a Free Press. Student Journalists Tell a Different Story.

Universities Say They Value a Free Press. Student Journalists Tell a Different Story. Universities Say They Value a Free Press. Student Journalists Tell a Different Story.

The student press is facing a growing wave of censorship and institutional obstruction

Jul 30, 2026 / StudentNation / Ella Carter-Klauschie

Young people walking in front of the BlackRock corporate headquarters in Hudson Yards.

How Corporate Recruiters Took Over Campus—and What It’s Costing Democracy How Corporate Recruiters Took Over Campus—and What It’s Costing Democracy

Many students arrive at college with dreams of creating social change, but the corporate pipeline diverts them. A democracy in need of their talent is poorer because of it.

Jul 21, 2026 / StudentNation / Jason Vadnos

Yale University faculty members rally on campus to call on administrators to protect academic freedom at the university against pressures from the federal government.

The Higher Education Revolution We Need to Have The Higher Education Revolution We Need to Have

Our universities are selling us out. If we want that to change, we have to change the way they’re run.

Jul 9, 2026 / Gregg Gonsalves

Brown University’s memorial for undergraduate mass shooting victims Mukhammad Aziz Amurzokov and Ella Cook

After Tragedy, a Network of Universities Takes on Healing Together After Tragedy, a Network of Universities Takes on Healing Together

When violent incidents shatter campuses, universities look to those who have endured similar tragedies for guidance on helping students move forward.

Jul 6, 2026 / StudentNation / Cate Latimer

Students walk in front of a decorative stone archway at Yale University.

How Yale Tried (and Failed) to Avoid Trump's Wrath How Yale Tried (and Failed) to Avoid Trump's Wrath

As Trump went after higher education, Yale built a case for its conservative credentials. The Justice Department came knocking anyway.

Jul 2, 2026 / StudentNation / Zachary Clifton

Graduates during the commencement ceremony for UC Irvine's School of Social Sciences at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, California, on Friday, June 12, 2026.

We’re Having the Wrong Conversation About College Graduates We’re Having the Wrong Conversation About College Graduates

Workers with college degrees are constantly being pitted against workers without one. But such a zero-sum debate obscures the need to protect everyone in every workplace.

Jun 30, 2026 / Abdullah Shihipar

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