Higher Education

March for Science

STEM Students Are Asking More of the #MeToo Movement STEM Students Are Asking More of the #MeToo Movement

Harassment in the sciences doesn’t only come in the form of neatly packaged Title IX reports of clear sexual abuse.  

Apr 17, 2018 / StudentNation / Emmalina Glinskis

Student debt protest

What Do Debt-Free College Plans Actually Mean for Students? What Do Debt-Free College Plans Actually Mean for Students?

As states across the country roll out programs to increase access to higher education, are students really getting a fair deal?

Apr 9, 2018 / Michelle Chen

Andrew Cuomo announces free college tuition

Why Are New York’s Public Funds Going to For-Profit College Tuition? Why Are New York’s Public Funds Going to For-Profit College Tuition?

Despite being under intense regulatory scrutiny, for-profit colleges have still been making use of New York’s tuition assistance program.

Apr 5, 2018 / Michelle Chen

My Wife Resents Cooking Family Dinner, but I Work Longer Hours. What’s Fair?

My Wife Resents Cooking Family Dinner, but I Work Longer Hours. What’s Fair? My Wife Resents Cooking Family Dinner, but I Work Longer Hours. What’s Fair?

And a professor asks about helping younger, indebted colleagues.

Mar 23, 2018 / Asking for a Friend / Liza Featherstone

Sacramento ANTIFA group

Antifa Has Richard Spencer on the Run. Does That Vindicate Its Tactics? Antifa Has Richard Spencer on the Run. Does That Vindicate Its Tactics?

There’s good reason to believe that antifa’s success has come despite violent tactics, not because of them.

Mar 21, 2018 / Joshua Holland

How Charles Koch Is Helping Neo-Confederates Teach College Students

How Charles Koch Is Helping Neo-Confederates Teach College Students How Charles Koch Is Helping Neo-Confederates Teach College Students

The Koch Foundation is often praised for its higher-ed funding, but the money is going to some radical professors.

Mar 21, 2018 / Alex Kotch

Alwaleed bin Talal

Why Are US Colleges Collaborating With Saudi Arabia? Why Are US Colleges Collaborating With Saudi Arabia?

Harvard, Georgetown, Yale Law School, UNH—all have taken money from the Saudi government or businessmen allied with it.

Mar 20, 2018 / Stanley Heller

Loyola March Madness

Loyola Soars In March Madness While a Faculty Strike Looms Loyola Soars In March Madness While a Faculty Strike Looms

Non-tenured faculty are set to strike, and students may be walking out with them.

Mar 19, 2018 / Dave Zirin

Donte Ingram

Loyola Basketball’s March Madness Success Shaded By Student Unrest Loyola Basketball’s March Madness Success Shaded By Student Unrest

Protest over an unneeded stadium and a viral video of brutality by campus police engulf the Chicago campus.

Mar 16, 2018 / Dave Zirin

Bari Weiss Columbia

Why Is the Op-Ed Page of ‘The New York Times’ Obsessed With College Kids? Why Is the Op-Ed Page of ‘The New York Times’ Obsessed With College Kids?

The “newspaper of record” should expect more from its conservative hires.

Mar 14, 2018 / Column / Eric Alterman

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