NYU Grad Students Vote to Unionize NYU Grad Students Vote to Unionize
NYU becomes the only private university with unionized teaching assistants.
Dec 12, 2013 / Blog / Jessica Weisberg
Academic Freedom and the ASA’s Boycott of Israel: A Response to Michelle Goldberg Academic Freedom and the ASA’s Boycott of Israel: A Response to Michelle Goldberg
Contrary to what Goldberg has written, I believe that the only version of BDS that can be defended is one that is compatible with principles of academic freedom.
Dec 8, 2013 / Judith Butler
Professors to Grad Students: Focus on Studies, Not Wages Professors to Grad Students: Focus on Studies, Not Wages
Professors just don’t get why graduate students deserve labor unions, revealing a dangerous myopia about how academia works in the age of austerity.
Dec 4, 2013 / Blog / Rick Perlstein
Drones, Defense and Diplomas Drones, Defense and Diplomas
University leaders and government officials are collaborating on drone research, provoking troubling questions about privacy, academic independence and economic profit.
Dec 4, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation and Max Ocean
How Ivy League Universities Are Failing Us on Climate Change How Ivy League Universities Are Failing Us on Climate Change
Despite widespread student organizing, university presidents are still reluctant to divest from fossil fuels.
Dec 4, 2013 / Blog / Laura Flanders
Inside the Bulgarian Student Occupation Inside the Bulgarian Student Occupation
Fighting for their future in a poor country where corruption has marred development since the fall of the Soviet Union, students at Bulgaria's Sofia University have taken hold ...
Nov 15, 2013 / StudentNation / Max Rivlin-Nadler and StudentNation
Barnard College’s New Sex Restrictions Barnard College’s New Sex Restrictions
If the Barnard administration takes the idea that adult women should have control over their bodies seriously, then students and RAs should be able to decide for themselves how oft...
Nov 6, 2013 / StudentNation / George Joseph and StudentNation
Kelly Protestors Empowered the Voiceless Kelly Protestors Empowered the Voiceless
Civility that comes at the expense of further marginalizing the subjugated is not only worthless, but also criminally dishonest.
Nov 4, 2013 / StudentNation / Casey Gordon and StudentNation
Tea Party on the Left Tea Party on the Left
Preventing New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly from speaking on campus exacerbated the problem it aimed to solve.
Nov 4, 2013 / StudentNation / Adam Katz and StudentNation
Defend Free Inquiry at Brown Defend Free Inquiry at Brown
Learning at Brown is a process in which disagreement plays an integral part.
Nov 4, 2013 / StudentNation / Andrew Powers and StudentNation