Government’s Keeping the Student-Debt Crisis Alive and Well

Staff / Truthdig Sep 7, 2013 Just because JPMorgan Chase will no longer offer student loans doesn’t mean the student debt bubble will burst any time soon, if ever. We have none other than the U.S. government to thank for that. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

College Debt

John Cole, Cagle Cartoons, The Scranton Times-Tribune Sep 1, 2013 Dig deeper

Where Education Is ‘Sold to the Highest Bidder’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 13, 2013 The attack on the spirit of higher education is exemplified in the installation of former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, a neoliberal archfiend of public schooling, as president of Purdue University. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Student Loan Rate Doubling

John Darkow, Cagle Cartoons, Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri Jul 2, 2013 Dig deeper

Would Class-Based Admissions Be Better?

By Nikole Hannah-Jones, ProPublica Jun 26, 2013 Affirmative action lives for now. But there was enough in Monday's Supreme Court opinion to suspect it will be diminished further in time, which makes it an opportune moment to think again about what some people think could be a fairer and more palatable way of ensuring diversity on America's campuses -- class-based affirmative action. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Millennials Graduate

Adam Zyglis, Cagle Cartoons, The Buffalo News May 21, 2013 Dig deeper

College: A Lesson in Inequality

Staff / Truthdig May 20, 2013 Rather than bridging economic disparities between students, higher education seems to be widening them; although Google's new customizable maps sound like a great idea, they filter out a lot of useful information; and although some would like to blame the collapse of the middle class on the Internet, truth is it was falling apart long before the World Wide Web. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Underwater Graduates

Nate Beeler, Cagle Cartoons, The Columbus Dispatch May 13, 2013 Dig deeper

The Growing Burden of College Fees

By Marian Wang, ProPublica Mar 31, 2013 Student fees have been something of a known irritant for years, often criticized as a kind of stealth, second tuition imposed on unsuspecting families. But such fees are still on the rise on many campuses. And though their names can border on the comical -- i.e., the "student success fee" -- there's nothing funny about how they can add up. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Violence of Neoliberalism and the Attack on Higher Education

By C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout Mar 27, 2013 Higher education must be understood as a democratic public sphere -- a space in which education enables students to develop a keen sense of prophetic justice, claim their moral and political agency, utilize critical analytical skills, and cultivate an ethical sensibility through which they learn to respect the rights of others. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

What Abigail Fisher’s Affirmative Action Case Is Really About

By Nikole Hannah-Jones, ProPublica Mar 21, 2013 Even if Fisher received points for her race and every other personal achievement factor, the letter she received in the mail from the University of Texas still would have said no. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Tuition at Public Colleges Rises to Record Level

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Mar 7, 2013 College costs climbed to an all-time high in 2012 while state and local funding for items such as operating expenses and student aid fell, a new report shows. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )