How Republicans’ Endowment Tax Will Hurt Higher Education How Republicans’ Endowment Tax Will Hurt Higher Education
As the Trump administration escalates its campaign to reshape education, a provision in the “Big Beautiful Bill” will raise the tax on select private colleges’ endowments.
Jul 7, 2025 / StudentNation / Owen Dahlkamp
Inside One of the Largest Student Worker Strikes Ever Inside One of the Largest Student Worker Strikes Ever
Around 4,000 members of the University of Oregon Student Workers went on strike in April, winning the first contract that covers every undergraduate worker at a public university....
Jul 1, 2025 / StudentNation / Andrew Berka
Alexandra Cooper of “Call Her Daddy” Calls It Harassment Alexandra Cooper of “Call Her Daddy” Calls It Harassment
A new Hulu-produced series by the podcast superstar documents years of sexual harassment and institutional cover-up within Boston University’s athletics department.
Jun 25, 2025 / Ray Epstein
The Death and Rebirth of New York City The Death and Rebirth of New York City
A new documentary about the 1975 fiscal crisis, Drop Dead City, is entertaining to watch but dangerously misleading as history—or politics.
Jun 24, 2025 / Doug Henwood
How to Steer People From Gangs to Colleges How to Steer People From Gangs to Colleges
A grant-supported program found success transitioning young people connected to gangs into higher education—until the money stopped coming.
Jun 24, 2025 / Gail Cornwall
Banning Foreign Students Is the Opposite of “Making America Great” Banning Foreign Students Is the Opposite of “Making America Great”
How much of our future, our prosperity, and our moral leadership are we willing to sacrifice for this disastrous crusade?
Jun 18, 2025 / Tariq Habash
How Trump Is Transforming Higher Education: The View from 4 Campuses How Trump Is Transforming Higher Education: The View from 4 Campuses
At universities in California, Illinois, Louisiana, and Texas, students report changes to clubs, diminished research opportunities, and fears for international students’ safety.
Jun 15, 2025 / Steven Yoder, Felicia Mello, Alexandra Villarreal, and Miles MacClure
Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Would Be a Disaster for Student Loan Borrowers Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Would Be a Disaster for Student Loan Borrowers
The proposed budget cuts would hurt millions of Americans, as the typical borrower with a college degree will see their student loan payments spike more than $2,928 per year.
Jun 11, 2025 / StudentNation / Ángel Rentería
Trump Says He’s Punishing Harvard for Antisemitism Trump Says He’s Punishing Harvard for Antisemitism
Jun 10, 2025 / Column / Calvin Trillin
So Much for Saving the Planet. Climate Careers Evaporate for the Class of 2025. So Much for Saving the Planet. Climate Careers Evaporate for the Class of 2025.
The Trump administration is disrupting career paths for new graduates hoping to work in climate and sustainability, international aid, public service, and the sciences
May 29, 2025 / Lawrence Lanahan