Universities

By Jonathan Morris | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Last month, the University of Michigan became the latest to accept the obvious — that investing in the destruction of society is fundamentally counter to the mission of higher education. With its endowment of $14.2 billion, Michigan now becomes one of the largest public universities […]

Authoritarianism

Mr. Erdogan: Cease Turkish Gov’t Campaign against Boğaziçi University, Students, Faculty and Institutions

Committee on Academic Freedom

Committee on Academic Freedom of the Middle East Studies Association of North America H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan President of the Republic of Turkey T.C. Cumhurbaşkanlığı Genel Sekreterliği 06689 Çankaya, Ankara Turkey Dear President Erdoğan: We write on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) of North America and its Committee on Academic Freedom to […]

Democratic Party

The Federal Gov’t owns 92% of Student Debt. Will Biden Wipe it Out?

Inequality.org

By Sarah Anderson and Margot Rathke | – ( Inequality.org) – Washington is abuzz with ideas for actions the Biden-Harris administration could take that would not require Congressional approval. One of the buzziest: cancellation of student debts owed to the federal government. The U.S. Department of Education owns about 92 percent of the $1.6 trillion […]

Education

Mental Health at Michigan: What can the stories of five individuals tell us about the history of mental health at the University of Michigan?

contributors

A project of University of Michigan students mentored by Professor Henry Cowles. Mirrored from Storymaps: “Mental Health at Michigan.” N.B. Scroll down via scroll bar on right or click in text and use “down” key. Mirrored from Storymaps: “Mental Health at Michigan.”

Donald Trump

Trump, Convicted of University Fraud, wants to Defund the Universities to Stop People Thinking

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump notoriously set up a phony “university” to bilk prospective students of millions of dollars. He lost a civil suit to the outraged victims and had to pay them $25 million. Now the stable genius is coming for America’s universities. He wants to kick out all international students where their […]

Donald Trump

Trump’s Plan to Expel Int’l University Students will Further Slash Economy, Hurt US Innovation, and Cost Jobs

The Conversation

By David L. Di Maria | – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, made a decision on July 6 regarding international students in the U.S. that will affect far more than just the roughly 870,000 international students themselves. Based on what I know about the power and influence of higher education in the U.S., […]

Israel Lobbies

Is Sympathy for the Plight of Occupied Palestinians winning the American University?

Al-Shabaka

By Hatem Bazian | – ( Al Shabakah) – Palestine Legal recently published a report noting that the majority of suppression of Palestine advocacy in the US targets students and faculty. In particular, 89% of such incidents occurred on college campuses in 2014, and 74% in 2019. While these statistics illuminate the current struggle that […]

Education

With College Students Drowning in Debt, the Best Solution is Gov’t-Backed Free Tuition for All

John Buell

(Special to Informed Comment) – Some developments in this campaign have been predictable. Once Senators Sanders and Warren had expressed support for free post secondary education it was inevitable that other candidates would have to jump in. College costs have grown rapidly in recent years and the jobs that colleges promise—when available at all—have failed […]

Education

How the Education Department Is Ripping Off Defrauded Students

Jill Richardson

Students who got defrauded by for-profit colleges were going to get loan forgiveness — until Betsy DeVos showed up.