Topic: Campus struggles

  • Lowering a flag at Hampshire

    A fake e-mail sent to the Hampshire College community raised issues about what the American flag means to international students. May 9, 2013

  • Report: Bill Mullen

    The fire this time at Purdue

    About 200 students and faculty at Purdue University marched through campus in response to a string of racist incidents. April 25, 2013

  • Report: Clayton Plake

    We won't surrender CCSF

    City College of San Francisco students and faculty are building opposition against the administration's demands for more cuts. March 12, 2013

  • Comment: Trish Kahle

    U of Chicago's violent crime

    Chicago's South Side doesn't have a trauma center--and University of Chicago police are brutalizing protesters for demanding one. February 5, 2013

  • Report: Amanda Achin

    Solidarity made this possible

    The UMass Boston chapter of International Socialist Organization won a small but significant victory for free speech. January 9, 2013

  • Statement

    UMass wants to silence us

    Members of the ISO are asking for solidarity in their fight for free speech at the University of Massachusetts Boston. December 5, 2012

  • A win for labor rights at OSU

    After a long campaign, United Students Against Sweatshops members are celebrating a victory in the struggle at Ohio State. November 28, 2012

  • Statement

    UMass stifles free speech

    Restrictive policies are being used to target the UMass Boston chapter of the International Socialist Organization. November 27, 2012

  • Confronting an Indiana teacher-basher

    Over 60 activists protested Purdue University President-elect Mitch Daniels and the education privatization agenda he represents. September 13, 2012

  • Comment: Nancy Welch

    Building a business-like university?

    A state-commissioned report on the future of the University of Vermont follows a now-familiar neoliberal path. August 15, 2012

  • Comment

    Do the right thing, Longhorns

    The University of Texas will monitor the rights of workers who make its apparel--while repressing anti-sweatshop protesters. August 8, 2012

  • Statement

    A blow to academic freedom

    NEIU has shown it will go to any lengths to punish Professor Loretta Capeheart for challenging its unethical actions. July 16, 2012

  • Analysis: Rachel Cohen

    Setback for academic freedom

    An Illinois court dealt a serious blow to Loretta Capeheart's battle for academic freedom, one of the nation's most pivotal. June 25, 2012

  • Protesting a racist incident at Purdue

    Purdue University's Anti-Racism Coalition recently organized a silent walkout calling on the Board of Trustees to take steps to fight racism on campus. June 5, 2012

  • Interview: Seth Newmeyer

    Pepper-sprayed for protesting

    Police attacked a campus protest at Santa Monica College, emptying a full canister of pepper spray at demonstrators. April 16, 2012

  • Column: Dave Zirin

    The freedom to speak out

    Attacks on free speech--from Ozzie Guillen to Professor Loretta Capeheart--are an attempt to strangle voices fighting for justice. April 16, 2012

  • Comment: Alan Sears

    Austerity in the mind factory

    The drive to cut back in higher education is not only about saving money but restructuring colleges and universities to fit the system's needs. April 4, 2012

  • Protesting UC tuition hikes

    Students and union members protested tuition hikes at a University of California Board of Regents meeting. April 2, 2012

  • Analysis: Michael Gould-Wartofsky

    Welcome to "Repress U"

    Since September 11, universities have more and more become tools of intelligence gathering and paramilitary training. March 27, 2012

  • Analysis: Gary Lapon

    Graduating into never-ending debt

    Student loan debt has become a source of financial distress for millions--and even worse for the one in five borrowers who are classified as delinquent. March 19, 2012

  • Standing up to Columbia's union-bashing

    The clerical union at Columbia University is drawing a line against their employer's demand for concessions. March 14, 2012

  • Comment

    Students come last at DePaul

    Chicago protests for the March 1 day of action for education culminated in actions at DePaul to protest increasing tuition. March 8, 2012

  • Comment: Scott McLemee

    A high school rebellion in Maryland

    An atmosphere of intimidation hangs over a Maryland school where students prepared to stage a walkout on March 1--and were punished for it by administrators. March 5, 2012

  • Report

    A show of resistance against education cuts

    California students, faculty and teachers, and community members are organizing for five days of action to demand full funding for our schools. March 1, 2012

  • Speech: Loretta Capeheart

    A campus where free speech is banned

    A Northeastern Illinois University professor is taking her lawsuit to a federal appeals court to protect her free speech rights. February 28, 2012

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