Year Six of Hope and Change

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jan 21, 2014 It was a bittersweet briefing that told us exactly where the Obama administration finds itself at the dawn of its sixth year. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Counselor

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Income Inequality

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Universities Urged to Cut Fossil Fuel Ties

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Oct 21, 2013 Campaign groups accuse British universities of being too deeply entwined financially with the fossil fuel industry and urge them to divest within the next five years. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Is College Worth It?

By Michael Lindgren Sep 2, 2013 These four books are written in the shadow of the suspicion that the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves -- concerning hard work, opportunity, meritocracy, achievement and social mobility -- somehow no longer pertain. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Private Colleges

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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 )

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 )

Prosecuting Prosecutorial Abuse

Staff / Truthdig Jan 18, 2013 Massachusetts' US Attorney Carmen Ortiz and Assistant U Attorney Stephen Heymann must be held accountable for their actions during their prosecution of the late Internet activist Aaron Swartz; in China, a father hired online "assassins" to kill his son's avatar in an attempt to save his real life; meanwhile, the U is giving the Afghan government a fleet of drones These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Football

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The Perversion of Scholarship

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jul 30, 2012 Fraternities, sororities and football, along with other outsized athletic programs, have decimated most major American universities.Fraternities, sororities and football have decimated most major American universities. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )