students
Book Sanctuaries Are an Answer to Censorship
“Books can offer a lifeline for young people.”
By Nandita Raghuram
Florida
Ron DeSantis's Florida Prepares Its Next Attack on Black and LGBTQ+ Students
“It’s just a problem for Florida now, sure. But in a few years, it could be a problem for the nation.”
By Eric Lutz
Our College Is Being Taken Over by Ron DeSantis and His Allies
They’re trying to force a conservative Christian model of education on our public school.
By Debarati Biswas and Erik Wallenberg
SCOTUS
Biden's Plan to Forgive Student Debt is in the Hands of the Supreme Court
More than 40 million borrowers could be affected by the outcome.
By Eric Lutz
How Students Are Reacting to TikTok Bans at Major Universities
“Everyone’s frustrated,” a University of Texas student says.
By Rachel Janfaza
Some Students Are Selling Body Parts to Pay for Their Education
College students are using blood plasma money to pay down their student debt.
By Kathleen McLaughlin
Attending an Indigenous K-12 School Changed My Life
My learning environment affirmed my identity as an Indigenous Zapoteca Mixteca.
By Salma Perez
The ‘Divine Nine’ Helped Shape Civil Rights History
These all-Black sororities and fraternities played a role in pivotal social movements.
By Eric L. Ewing and Kate Doak-Keszler
I Couldn’t Distill My Trauma Into a College Essay
The admissions process assumes it’s easy for students to summarize our lives.
By Emi Nietfeld
Why I Support Affirmative Action As an Asian American Teen
I was told to avoid “stereotypically Asian” activities to have a better chance of getting into colleges.
By Sriya Tallapragada
What Would Class-Based Affirmative Action Look Like?
The goal is to increase the number of low-income students in higher education.
By Zachariah Sippy
These Supreme Court Cases Could End Affirmative Action at Colleges
Here’s what that would look like.
By Tristin Brown
Organizers are Getting Banned Books to DeSantis's Florida
"Black history and radical ideas cannot be censored!"
By Lex McMenamin
The College Board's Long History of Controversies
To start, the SAT was designed by an "open white supremacist."
By Mary Retta
The Freakout Over ChatGPT and Cheating May Be Misguided
The chatbot creates “cliché essays that almost say nothing.”
By Anne Wen
Ron DeSantis Is Erasing Black History From Florida Schools
The governor's latest move? Banning diversity programs in state colleges.
By Sierra Lyons
What Happened After Our Sexual Assault on Campus
“This was a problem much bigger than the two of us.”
By Mary Retta
North Dakota Could Jail Librarians Who Don’t Comply with Anti-LGBTQ+ Book Bans
A proposed bill is the latest in a wave of anti-LGBTQ+ laws aimed at public libraries.
By James Factora