Grads of 2012

David Fitzsimmons, Cagle Cartoons, The Arizona Star May 22, 2012 Dig deeper

Quebec Moves to Quash Student Protests With Harsh Fines

Staff / Truthdig May 18, 2012 Quebec is looking to end three months of student protests against rising tuition fees by introducing emergency legislation that would temporarily close some universities and fine the pants off of picketers blocking students and faculty from entering classrooms. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rep. Owens Will Reimburse Cost of Taiwan Trip

By Justin Elliott, ProPublica May 12, 2012 The congressman who last year took a $22,000 four-day trip to Taiwan organized by lobbyists said Friday that he will personally reimburse the university that paid for the trip. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Revolution Brewing on Student Debt

Staff / Truthdig May 7, 2012 The U.S. once led the world in free education. The recent debate in Washington about whether to let student loan interest rates double ignores the fact that many students already cannot afford a college education or advanced training. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

American Decline Is Crushing the Middle Class

Richard Reeves / Truthdig Nov 3, 2011 Only 21 percent of all respondents in a new poll think the lives of their children will be better than their own. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Brown Signs California Dream Act Into Law

Staff / Truthdig Oct 9, 2011 Gov. Jerry Brown announced Saturday that he has signed the California Dream Act, making state financial aid available to undocumented immigrants who choose to attend California universities and community colleges. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

California Prisoners Do or Die

Staff / Truthdig Jul 16, 2011 Prisoners all over California continue a hunger strike despite nearing death; "Sister Wives" reality TV show stars fight the anti-polygamy law; and economists have resorted to capital bribery to resuscitate the American job market. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Cannibalization of College Radio

Staff / Truthdig Jun 24, 2011 American university students are quickly losing an important means of sharing their passions and ideas with the public: college radio. Noncommercial student-run stations are being forced to the Web or elsewhere as college administrators sell their broadcast licenses to make some quick, much-needed cash. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Commencement Day for a Lost Generation

Bill Blum / Truthdig Jun 22, 2011 The country my generation is passing on to my son and his peers is a mean-spirited place of global warming, class warfare and diminishing expectations, where the top 1 percent of households own nearly 35 percent of all privately held wealth and the “bottom” 80 percent lays claim to less than half that.The country my generation is passing on to my son and his peers is a mean-spirited place of global warming, class warfare and diminishing expectations. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Enlightened but Unemployed

Staff / Truthdig Jun 19, 2011 The well-intentioned handwringing over what to do about the slow asphyxiation of the traditional American humanities education continues over at Salon.com, where novelist Kim Brooks laments the failure of liberal arts colleges to prepare students for professionally and financially rewarding careers. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Rise of the Five-Year Degree

Staff / Truthdig May 20, 2011 The average length of time spent earning a bachelor's degree has been steadily rising among American university students for the past 30 years, and the change is not entirely explained by a consideration of part-time and returning students, an economist says. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A British Perspective: How U.S. Universities Became Hedge Funds

Staff / Truthdig May 6, 2011 A U.K. journal offers a great primer on why our public universities—especially California's—are in such a dismal state these day. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )