Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Tag: higher education

Prestige, power, and dear old alma mater

Must higher education always genuflect before America’s highest incomes?

Republican judge blocks student debt relief rule before it’s finalized, delaying...

The Biden administration has been working to alleviate the burden of student loans, especially for long-term borrowers who have been repaying loans for decades.

How oil and gas companies infiltrate higher education to maintain influence

It’s a global climate obstruction strategy that dates back decades, researchers from six universities argue in a new study.

Supreme Court preserves college preferences for wealthy whites

In its recent ruling on affirmative action in college admissions, the Supreme Court’s conservative justices squarely came down on the side of race and class-based preferences—for wealthy whites.

In steep decline: Body blows to America’s vaunted, quality higher education

Once the world’s best, U.S. higher education staggers, with no easy fixes.

Charles Koch ramps up higher ed funding to fuel ‘talent pipeline’

"Charles Koch is doubling down on the multi-million dollar money dumps that buy him real control over professors."

Academic freedom at risk after decades of attacks and underfunding from...

We look at one of the consequences of this crisis: the growing threat to academic freedom with academic and author Henry Reichman.

This is how white privilege goes to college

The recent college cheating scandal surprises no one. The super-rich have long relied on “legacy admissions” to get them into their elite college of choice.

Cheating, bribes & lies: DOJ charges dozens of rich parents &...

Prosecutors have charged 33 parents, including Hollywood stars Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin.

The fight for Hampshire College: How one school’s financial calamity exposes...

In January, Hampshire College President Miriam Nelson announced the board of trustees and senior administrators would seek to merge the school with a “strategic partner.”

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Trump’s inaugural address criticized for ignoring key issues facing working families

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Donald Trump’s second term will be bad news for endangered ocean and coastal animals

The re-election of Donald Trump has scientists and conservationists like me worried about the wildlife and wild places we’ve dedicated our lives...

Trump signs executive order targeting birthright citizenship: Legal and humanitarian concerns arise

Trump targets a cornerstone of U.S. citizenship in first-day executive order.

Takeover by rogue secessionist from within—fortress America nibbled to death by ruthless ducks

What the rebellious confederacy could not pull off with violence, today’s nefarious secession depends on legalistic, electoral and political trappings.