NYU’s Graduate Student Union Just Won a Historic Contract NYU’s Graduate Student Union Just Won a Historic Contract
Rank-and-file organizing pays dividends for the nation’s only private graduate student union.
Mar 11, 2015 / Avi Asher-Schapiro
The University of Tennessee Is Being Lauded as a Higher-Ed Role Model—Just Not for Its Workers The University of Tennessee Is Being Lauded as a Higher-Ed Role Model—Just Not for Its Workers
The Tennessee governor’s budget will subsidize students’ college tuition with cuts to college workers’ benefits.
Mar 6, 2015 / Blog / Michelle Chen
The Furor Over Campus Rape Is More Than a Moral Panic The Furor Over Campus Rape Is More Than a Moral Panic
The new documentary The Hunting Ground is a reminder that the campus rape crisis is real.
Feb 25, 2015 / Blog / Michelle Goldberg
Can Less Confidentiality Mean More Fairness in Campus Sexual Assault Cases? Can Less Confidentiality Mean More Fairness in Campus Sexual Assault Cases?
Without knowing why disciplinary committees do what they do, we’re in the dark.
Feb 23, 2015 / Judith Resnik, Alexandra Brodsky, and Claire Simonich
Scott Walker Objects to ‘the Search for Truth’ Scott Walker Objects to ‘the Search for Truth’
Forget about the Republican “war on science,” this presidential contender’s got a problem with universities focusing on public service and veracity.
Feb 4, 2015 / Blog / John Nichols
When Free Doesn’t Mean Fair for Community College When Free Doesn’t Mean Fair for Community College
Obama's initiative is a step forward, but community colleges and the students they teach need much more: an end to the disinvestment of our public education system.
Jan 12, 2015 / Blog / Michelle Chen
On Naked Emperors and College Football’s Championship On Naked Emperors and College Football’s Championship
Ohio State and Oregon will play for the college football title, with little regard for the effect on their academic mission.
Jan 12, 2015 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Did Obama Just Introduce a ‘Public Option’ for Higher Education? Did Obama Just Introduce a ‘Public Option’ for Higher Education?
The president’s plan to make two years of community college free for some students could solve some of higher education’s most intractable problems.
Jan 9, 2015 / Mike Konczal
Standardized Tests Are Weakening Our Democracy Standardized Tests Are Weakening Our Democracy
In The Tyranny of the Meritocracy, Lani Guinier argues that the SATs have become “accurate reflectors of wealth and little else.”
Jan 6, 2015 / Richard D. Kahlenberg
How Did These Graduate Students Improve Their Working Conditions? They Went on Strike! How Did These Graduate Students Improve Their Working Conditions? They Went on Strike!
At the University of Oregon, campus organizing took on a new meaning when graduate workers went on the picket line.
Dec 12, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen