Canadian Students Work to Increase Sustainability in Rural Communities Canadian Students Work to Increase Sustainability in Rural Communities
One Canadian university is sending students to help green small rural communities in Alberta.
Aug 4, 2010 / StudentNation / Carrie Battan
StudentNation: Making an Educated Investment StudentNation: Making an Educated Investment
In a society where a bachelor’s degree is the new high school diploma and a master’s degree is the new bachelor’s, the issue of college affordability is a common ...
Jul 27, 2010 / StudentNation / Melanie Breault
How To Make Textbooks More Affordable How To Make Textbooks More Affordable
College students currently spend an average of $900 a year on textbooks—a number that has increased at four times the rate of inflation since 1994.
Jul 26, 2010 / StudentNation / Carrie Battan
Leading Cornell Doctor Performing Genital Cutting Leading Cornell Doctor Performing Genital Cutting
Who’d have thought a celebrated Ivy League medical center would be practicing genital cutting on small children?
Jun 21, 2010 / StudentNation / Carrie Battan
An Educated, Escalated Movement An Educated, Escalated Movement
Massive layoffs, reductions in class offerings and downsizing of graduate programs spurred protests at dozens of universities on March 4. What's next for the student movement?
May 1, 2010 / Clarissa A. León
The Breakdown: What Will Student Loan Reform Do? The Breakdown: What Will Student Loan Reform Do?
Largely overshadowed by Healthcare's passage, student loan reform promises big changes to the current bank-based lending system. This week, The Breakdown with Christopher Hayes and...
Apr 14, 2010 / Chris Hayes
You Will Not Be Alone You Will Not Be Alone
As the UC Berkeley Student Senate votes to divest from two companies that profit from Israel's occupation of Palestine, the noted philosopher reminds us of what's at stake.
Apr 14, 2010 / Judith Butler
Georgetown Boasts Diversity, Silences Opposing Viewpoints Georgetown Boasts Diversity, Silences Opposing Viewpoints
A coalition of student groups are fighting for free speech and reproductive health services at a Catholic university.
Apr 8, 2010 / StudentNation / Morgan Ashenfelter
University To Cut Student Newspaper Funding University To Cut Student Newspaper Funding
Student Senate President calls Kansas University's newspaper biased, says solution is to cut funding.
Mar 31, 2010 / StudentNation / Morgan Ashenfelter
Student Loan Reform Clears Senate Student Loan Reform Clears Senate
Free public higher education it is not. But for millions of students at the margins, it's real help.
Mar 25, 2010 / Richard Kim