Schools: To Open or Not to Open? That Is Not the Question. Schools: To Open or Not to Open? That Is Not the Question.
The question is: Will the US government provide the safety net and wealth redistribution necessary to support life in this country?
Jul 16, 2020 / StudentNation / Rhea Boyd
For Some Students, ICE’s Visa Announcement Is Life or Death For Some Students, ICE’s Visa Announcement Is Life or Death
If the agency deports international students whose classes are online-only, those from Syria are in particular danger.
Jul 10, 2020 / Francesca Freeman and George Batah
Letting Go of Robert E. Lee at Washington and Lee University Letting Go of Robert E. Lee at Washington and Lee University
It is going to get increasingly hard to persuade high school students who care about diversity to attend a university named after a Confederate general.
Jun 25, 2020 / StudentNation / Toni Locy
What About the International Students? What About the International Students?
The coronavirus threw their lives into disarray. Months in, their futures are still uncertain.
Jun 15, 2020 / StudentNation / Jimin Kang
With Covid-19, We Need to Rethink the Youth Vote With Covid-19, We Need to Rethink the Youth Vote
It’ll make or break the coming election.
Jun 12, 2020 / StudentNation / Jazmin Kay
We Need an Academic New Deal We Need an Academic New Deal
Higher education work is a public good, and we university workers are prepared to fight to make it better for all.
Jun 9, 2020 / Alyssa Bowen and William Horne
Letters From the June 15/22, 2020, Issue Letters From the June 15/22, 2020, Issue
Don’t blame the Boasians… Tilting at windmills… Dark recesses… The road already taken… Submerging the valley…
Jun 2, 2020 / Our Readers
Universities to Grad Students: Drop Dead Universities to Grad Students: Drop Dead
“Academic workers worldwide perform the labor that makes our institutions run. We deserve basic labor protections, especially during this pandemic.”
May 27, 2020 / StudentNation / Mary Retta
If Cuomo Cuts Funding, CUNY Layoffs Will Be a ‘Bloodbath’ If Cuomo Cuts Funding, CUNY Layoffs Will Be a ‘Bloodbath’
Employees of New York City’s public colleges are already being hit by the governor’s proposed austerity budget.
May 20, 2020 / StudentNation / Ross Barkan
How Stanford Lost Its Soul How Stanford Lost Its Soul
A distinguished university known for its embrace of corporate funding has come down with a bad case of Covid-19 contrarianism.
May 20, 2020 / Jeet Heer