College Admissions Scams, From Jared Kushner to Hollywood College Admissions Scams, From Jared Kushner to Hollywood
Amy Wilentz on bribery and cheating, Rebecca Grant on abortion in Mississippi, and Bryce Covert on Medicaid in Arkansas.
Mar 21, 2019 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Life in the Stupidverse Continues Life in the Stupidverse Continues
Another week with Donald Trump and his merry band of idiots.
Mar 19, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
For-Profit Colleges Are Dodging Regulation by Becoming… ‘Nonprofits’? For-Profit Colleges Are Dodging Regulation by Becoming… ‘Nonprofits’?
Under Trump, the scam-college industry is getting a second wind.
Mar 18, 2019 / StudentNation / Michelle Chen
Lori Loughlin Probably Thinks My Kids Have It Easy Lori Loughlin Probably Thinks My Kids Have It Easy
Behind the college admissions scandal is a deeply held belief that minorities are out there, “gaining advantages.”
Mar 14, 2019 / Elie Mystal
The Unmaking of a College: Notes From Inside the Hampshire Runaway Train The Unmaking of a College: Notes From Inside the Hampshire Runaway Train
If Hampshire goes under, the arts and the liberal arts as inspiration to lives of critical inquiry and social engagement will have been dealt another serious blow.
Mar 8, 2019 / Margaret Cerullo
A CFPB Official Who Quit in Protest Will Testify About the Bureau’s ‘Incompetence’ A CFPB Official Who Quit in Protest Will Testify About the Bureau’s ‘Incompetence’
Seth Frotman has tough words for CFPB’s political leadership, and big ideas on how to solve the student-debt crisis.
Mar 7, 2019 / George Zornick
Yale Benefits From the Puerto Rican Debt—These Students Are Fighting to End That Yale Benefits From the Puerto Rican Debt—These Students Are Fighting to End That
They demand that the university cancel its holdings in the Puerto Rican debt and divest from the fossil-fuel industry.
Mar 1, 2019 / StudentNation / Adriana Colón-Adorno and Alejandro Comas-Short
Help! I’m Infatuated With Another Professor. Can I Ask Her Out Without Being a Jerk? Help! I’m Infatuated With Another Professor. Can I Ask Her Out Without Being a Jerk?
Another reader asks if he should discourage his wife from air travel to reduce emissions.
Feb 22, 2019 / Asking for a Friend / Liza Featherstone
Fixing Tech’s Ethics Problem Starts in the Classroom Fixing Tech’s Ethics Problem Starts in the Classroom
In the age of big data, some universities are trying to train future technologists to consider the implications of tools before they’re used.
Feb 21, 2019 / Stephanie Wykstra
New Rules Would Discourage Colleges From Investigating Rape Accusations New Rules Would Discourage Colleges From Investigating Rape Accusations
The Department of Education says new regulations would reduce sexual-misconduct probes by 32 percent.
Feb 12, 2019 / StudentNation / Sara Darehshori