At the University of Virginia, Black Students Are Still Recovering From August 11 At the University of Virginia, Black Students Are Still Recovering From August 11
As the academic year draws to a close, black students at the University of Virginia still experience trauma from the white-supremacist Unite the Right rally.
May 16, 2018 / Black on Campus / Alexis Gravely
CUNY Was Close to Stiffing Its Students—Until They Organized CUNY Was Close to Stiffing Its Students—Until They Organized
Students at the City College of New York protected campus groups from a new policy that could have stripped them of funding.
May 15, 2018 / StudentNation / Brandon Jordan and Skanda Kadirgamar
In Right-to-Work Iowa, Faculty May Just Have to Follow West Virginia’s Lead In Right-to-Work Iowa, Faculty May Just Have to Follow West Virginia’s Lead
Non-tenure-track professors at the University of Iowa are fighting for bargaining rights in the kind of labor environment Janus threatens to make the national norm—and th...
Apr 27, 2018 / StudentNation / Jake Bittle
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
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
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?
And a professor asks about helping younger, indebted colleagues.
Mar 23, 2018 / Asking for a Friend / Liza Featherstone
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
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
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