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Why Is Fox News Honcho Roger Ailes Lecturing College Students About Journalism?

Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. May 20, 2012.

Why do respected universities help perpetuate the myth that Ailes runs a news organization and that he occupies as an esteemed position within the journalism industry?

UC Davis Students and Faculty Face Prison Time for Peaceful Protest Against Bank

Mela Heestand, AlterNet. April 27, 2012.

The pepper spraying of UC Davis students shocked the nation, but the persecution that the Davis Dozen protesters face is far worse.

Rush Limbaugh is Wrong About Rising College Costs--But So Are Most Politicians

Laura Clawson, Daily Kos. April 9, 2012.

Rising college tuitions and student loan debt are a part of the broader war on workers, not a consequence of misguided liberal policies.

SWAT Teams and Campus Spies? 7 Ways the Homeland Security State Has Taken Over Our Universities

Michael Gould-Wartofsky, TomDispatch.com. March 22, 2012.

Since 9/11, the homeland security state has come to campus just as it has come to America’s towns and cities, its places of work and its houses of worship.

Does College Make Us Less Equipped to Change the World?

Sara Robinson, AlterNet. February 13, 2012.

Some of the things we learned back at the Big U don't work at all on the political street.

Obama's Union-Busting New Chief of Staff? Jacob Lew Helped Destroy Grad Students' Union at NYU

Josh Eidelson, In These Times. January 29, 2012.

When Obama's new Chief of Staff was NYU executive vice president, school ceased recognizing the grad students' union.

$422,320 for a College Degree? With Tuition Skyrocketing, It is Time to Rethink Higher Education

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. January 16, 2012.

Unless we act now, the current $1 trillion student debt bubble is going to look small in 18 years—and the only ones able to go to college will be the children of the 1%.

As Occupy Wall Street Has Changed Protest Dynamics, Vibrant Groups Like United Students Against Sweatshops Are Back in the Forefront

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. January 15, 2012.

USAS has been fighting steadily for workers' rights even when the issue wasn't front-page news--and they're helping spearhead a new movement for economic justice.

New York, California Fight for Tuition Equity for Undocumented Students

Julianne Hing, ColorLines. December 4, 2011.

In the wake of the bruising defeat of the DREAM Act a year go, undocumented immigrant youth are fighting on the state level for access to education.

Inside the Student Movement: Undeterred by Crackdown, Activists Around the Country Gear Up for Bigger Actions

Manissa McCleave Maharawal, AlterNet. November 27, 2011.

One week after arrests and beatings of students at CUNY and pepper-spraying at UC Davis, students plan bigger actions to fight tuition hikes and policing of education.

Undaunted by Crackdown, Occupy Wall Street and New York Activists Plan Massive Day of Action

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. November 16, 2011.

Just days after the brutal raid on the Occupy movement's home base in Liberty Plaza, a huge day of action is planned to take the movement to another level.

Is the Near-Trillion-Dollar Student Loan Bubble About to Pop?

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. September 21, 2011.

Student loans have been going up since the recession began--and now defaults are up too. Something has to be done, but what?

Progress? California Passes Second Half of Dream Act

Seth Hoy, Immigration Impact. September 15, 2011.

AB 131 vastly expanded undocumented students' access to in-state college and university funds, but restrictionists are quick to inaccurately call it expensive.

Is American Higher Ed Screwed? Conservatives Try to Privatize College As Tuition Soars

Daniel Denvir, AlterNet. January 22, 2011.

The economic crisis has created an opportunity for attacks on public institutions. Universities are not immune.

Hedges: We're Losing Our Intelligence -- How the Purge of True Dissent Has Starved Our Discourse

Chris Hedges, Truthdig. November 15, 2010.

True intellectual dissent was wiped out long ago. For the most part, universities stand cowardly, silent accomplices of the corporate state, doing corporate bidding.

University of Phoenix, DeVry: Scams That Leave You "Dumber" and Poorer

Makaiya Brown, The Loop 21. August 30, 2010.

For-profit college target the poor and minorities, and students who enroll end up with debt that far outweighs that of their nonprofit and public school peers.

Will Sen. Scott Brown Meet With Mass. Immigrant Youth Before April 17?

Kyle de Beausset, Citizen Orange. April 11, 2010.

A delegation of Massachusetts youth want their new Senator's support for the DREAM Act.

Mountains of Student Debt, and the Political Will for Solutions Are at Hand

The Progress ReportMarch 10, 2010.

It's time to kick profit-seeking private student lenders out of the loaning process.

What Happened When a Professor Got His Students to Participate in His 'Veil for a Day' Project

Pierre Tristam, The Smirking Chimp. February 17, 2010.

Anyone who thinks we're a post-racial society should get a load of the reactions.

Universities Try 'Sexiling' Policies to Grapple with Dorm Room Libidos

Anna Clark, RH Reality Check. January 11, 2010.

Is it cool to have sex while your roommate is trying to sleep in the next bed? At Tufts University, not so much.

The Pentagon's Long-Term Plan to Get Back on Campus

Michael Schwartz, AlterNet. November 13, 2009.

The military wants to integrate itself into campus life and therefore gain routine access to rank-and file students to recruit regular soldiers

College for $99 a Month

Kevin Carey, Washington Monthly. September 7, 2009.

The next generation of online education could be great for students -- and catastrophic for universities.

"More Better Faster!": How Our Spastic Digital Culture Scrambles Our Brains

David Bollier, On the Commons. June 30, 2009.

The digital communications apparatus is crowding out deeper relationships and more deliberative modes of thinking.

Higher Education Is Stuck in the Middle Ages -- Will Universities Adapt or Die Off in Our Digital World?

Don Tapscott, Edge. June 17, 2009.

There is a huge clash between the model of learning offered by big universities and the natural way that young people who have grown up digital learn.

Vet School Defends Live Dog Labs

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. March 4, 2009.

It's not often that vets are required to say "I love animals."

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