VIDEO: Chris Hedges on the Militarization of Higher Education

Staff / Truthdig Nov 26, 2015 In this episode of his new show "Days of Revolt," Chris Hedges discusses the militarization of higher education institutions with journalist Alexa O’Brien. Uncovering the trail of money and influence from the national security state to college programs, they identify the ways in which this apparatus has long ­been in effect, and what it could mean for the future. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Robert Scheer Leads Discussion of Myth of Higher Education as the Great American Equalizer

Staff / Truthdig Nov 5, 2015 Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer moderates a discussion at the University of Southern California on an explosive Federal Reserve Bank study showing that racial inequality pervades American society at all levels of education, despite hopes to the contrary. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Higher Education in the U.S. Is Broken at Both Ends

Staff / Truthdig Nov 4, 2015 It's not just students who are struggling financially due to the way the system works. Professors are, too. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Pope Francis Is Pushing to Help the Poor While Catholic Universities Are Leaving Them Behind

Staff / Truthdig Sep 24, 2015 Many Catholic colleges leave low-income students with big debts. And wealthy Catholic schools that provide generous support don’t enroll many poor students. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.S. News & World Report’s College Rankings List Is Baloney. Here’s the List You Should Actually Use

Robert Reich / Truthdig Sep 14, 2015 With college application season almost upon us, where should aspiring college students and their parents look for advice? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Higher Education at Almost No Cost Is Possible in the U.S., and It May Soon Be a Reality in 2 States

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jul 14, 2015 Can you guess which states are now offering community college to their residents at virtually no cost? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Twilight of the Professors

By Michael Schwalbe, CounterPunch Jun 6, 2015 Historians argue that the post-WWII expansion of higher education turned a generation of would-be intellectual troublemakers into professors. Today, powerful conservatizing trends threaten to make professors as a leftist force in U.S. society extinct within a few decades. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

You’ve Been Scammed! Going for Broke in Ponzi-Scheme America

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch Jun 3, 2015 In possibly the last graduation speech of 2015, I know I should begin by praising your grit, your essential character, your determination to get this far. But today, it’s money, not character, that’s on my mind. For so many of you, your education has been a classic scam, and you’re not even attending an institution of higher learning officially set up to take you for a ride. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

VIDEO: How to Reinvent Education to Save the Economy

Robert Reich / Truthdig May 23, 2015 Sen. Bernie Sanders is making waves with a big idea to reinvent education: making public colleges and universities tuition-free. I couldn’t agree more. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why U.S. Public Higher Education No Longer Actually Exists

Staff / Truthdig May 7, 2015 Cuts to American education, combined with other factors, have made it no longer accurate to call higher education public; a court has ruled that the data on your cellphone is actually the property of your carrier; meanwhile, Chelsea Manning makes a case for "increasing freedom of information and transparency" in the U.S. These items and more inside. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Higher Education and the Politics of Disruption

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout Mar 21, 2015 Higher education is defined more and more as simply another core element of corporate power and culture, viewed mostly as a waste of taxpayers' money, and denied its value as a democratic public sphere and guardian of public values. Dig deeper ( 22 Min. Read )

Higher Education and the Promise of Insurgent Public Memory

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout Mar 9, 2015 As difficult as it may seem to believe, John Dewey's insistence that "democracy needs to be reborn in each generation, and education is its midwife" was once taken seriously by many academic leaders. Dig deeper ( 23 Min. Read )