This Professor Was Fired for Saying ‘Fuck No’ in Class This Professor Was Fired for Saying ‘Fuck No’ in Class
The misuse of sexual-harassment policies by pusillanimous college administrators is creating a campus panic.
Jul 2, 2015 / Michelle Goldberg
June 22, 1944: FDR Signs the GI Bill June 22, 1944: FDR Signs the GI Bill
We like to remember the GI Bill of Rights as non-partisan, but we forget the fierce opposition the bill faced from segregationist Southern Democrats.
Jun 22, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
As the Semester Ends, Students Hold Sit-Ins, Win Higher Pay, and Unionize As the Semester Ends, Students Hold Sit-Ins, Win Higher Pay, and Unionize
Major wins for economic and racial justice, from campus to the workplace.
Jun 22, 2015 / StudentNation
Letters Letters
Magic Bullets, Dangerous Shields Katha Pollitt’s clarion essay [“Magic-Bullet Birth Control,” June 8] is a stark indictment of male politicians who want to make pregnancy irreversi…
Jun 18, 2015 / Our Readers
How A Right-Wing Political Machine Is Dismantling Higher Education in North Carolina How A Right-Wing Political Machine Is Dismantling Higher Education in North Carolina
What began as isolated ideological attacks is looking more and more like a wholesale gutting of the state’s public colleges.
Jun 8, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
Dear Class of 2015: You’ve Been Scammed! Dear Class of 2015: You’ve Been Scammed!
Does this really sound like an education to you or does it sound more like a Ponzi scheme?
Jun 2, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt
The Push for Debt-Free College Is Hitting the Big Time The Push for Debt-Free College Is Hitting the Big Time
An idea that didn't formally exist six weeks ago is picking up a lot of steam.
May 27, 2015 / George Zornick
This Is What Happens When You Slash Funding for Public Universities This Is What Happens When You Slash Funding for Public Universities
Like other struggling schools, the University of Arizona is raising out-of-state tuition—and courting the affluent students who can afford to pay it.
May 19, 2015 / Feature / Michelle Goldberg
Bernie Sanders Has a Plan: Tax Wall Street and Make College Free Bernie Sanders Has a Plan: Tax Wall Street and Make College Free
A Robin Hood Tax on financial transactions could make higher education available for all.
May 19, 2015 / John Nichols
Graphs and Legends Graphs and Legends
Raymond Williams tried to save culture from a priestly elite. Can the same be said of the digital humanities?
May 12, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Moira Weigel