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The right’s 60-year war on higher education
James Thornton Harris
Trump's attacks on elite universities echo the right-wing playbook Ronald Reagan created nearly six decades ago
“It exposes a contradiction”: Can colleges rocked by campus protests recapture a spirit of activism?
Chauncey DeVega
Author Alex Vitale on the "deeper truth" about universities as "an important part of America's imperial program"
Universities aren’t doing enough for climate. Here’s what a real sustainability plan would look like
Peter W. Reiners
University leaders should be asking what actual climate action looks like
Jim Jordan issues sweeping information requests to universities researching disinformation
Andrea Bernstein
Jordan alleges colleges aided Biden's “censorship regime by advising on so-called misinformation"
Expert: Video of college student arrest raises questions about use of police on campus
Jarell Skinner-Roy
How do universities function as an extension of the carceral state?
Personal foul: University of California wins a round (against me) in football death cover-up
Irvin Muchnick
More evidence that when elite universities get hooked on football, they start behaving like tobacco companies
Risk aversion is ruining science
Paul M. Sutter
Universities and grant institutions need to do better at rewarding failure to encourage scientific discovery
Universities are failing the next generation of scientists
Paul M. Sutter
In a tight academic job market, graduate schools owe it to students to be transparent about their career prospects
How higher education can win the war against neoliberalism and white supremacy
Henry A. Giroux
Universities have been under attack for decades — because fascists know higher education is a weapon for democracy
“Public” universities aren’t free, conservatives
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Don't worry about your "tax dollars" indoctrinating anybody
Universities are still not held accountable for the student debt mental health crisis
Sophia A. McClennen
A college degree is supposed to open doors to the future, but overwhelming debt can make grads feel trapped instead
The pandemic presents colleges and universities with a no-win situation
Matthew Rozsa
Colleges cannot afford to convert entirely to remote learning, but students are put at risk by going on campus
“We’re being treated as guinea pigs”: Faculty members fear in-person return to universities
Raga Justin
Faculty members call the pressure to return to face-to-face instruction a callous decision that prioritizes money
Virus outbreak hits nearly empty University of Texas campus: What will happen this fall?
Roger Sollenberger
An outbreak at one of America’s flagship state universities could be magnified many times over come September
The U.S. granted free tuition before, and it can do it again
Barbara G. Ellis
A 2019 survey shows 60 percent of Americans want tuition-free public colleges and universities
Graduate students do real work. Let us unionize.
Marissa Knoll
The government claims graduate students at private universities shouldn't be considered employees. That’s a mistake
Community colleges open the door to selective universities
Justin Ortagus, Xiaodan Hu
New research shows a small portion of community college students are able to transfer to selective schools
All public universities get private money, but some get much more than the rest
Kevin McClure
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has more than $3 billion in its endowment
Who “belongs” at elite universities? The raging hypocrisy of higher ed gatekeeping
Rachel Leah
What the elite college admissions scam reveals about race, privilege and the fight against affirmative action
College admission scandal grew out of a system that was ripe for corruption
Rick Eckstein
Dozens of people stand accused of having bought their children’s way into elite colleges and universities.
Don Trump Jr. mocks Hollywood cheating scam, invites renewed scrutiny of his own college admission
Matthew Rozsa
Donald Trump has a history of pledging millions to elite universities just as his children prepare for college
Hospitals check to see if patients are donor-worthy — not their organs, but pockets
Phil Galewitz
Wealth screenings have been used for decades for fundraising by universities and other nonprofits
What makes the ideal university? Six values that power higher education at its best
Virginia Valian, Abigail Stewart
Most universities and colleges achieve 4 of these 6. The final two are often where institutions come up short
Why Russian spies really like American universities
Daniel Golden
Maria Butina may be only the latest in a long line of Russian agents to go undercover on U.S. campuses
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