Obama proposes publicly funded community colleges for all
President Obama last week proposed to bring the cost of two years of community college "down to zero" for all Americans.
“Low-cost, high quality” public education at stake in Calif. tuition debate
The decision to hike tuition has kicked off a new round in the long struggle between the university and the State of California over funding for the 10-campus system.
"Nuclear option" used against Philly teachers
News stories have documented the ravaging of the district's finances by local banks and out-of-town educational consulting companies.
Houston students debate rising tuition and debt in lively forum
Students shared their stories of having to work low-wage jobs to pay high tuition costs.
U.S. schools more segregated than in 1954
The new segregation, by class and income, harms students just as the old state-legalized segregation in the Solid South did.
Yale art students show solidarity with Ferguson, Missouri
They walked in silence holding signs that read "Hands Up - Don't Shoot" and posters with the names of victims of police brutality from around the country including New Haven.
An interview with USSA's Maxwell Love
According to Love, students need to build "relationships with unions - on and off campuses, to build bridges in the community, students are workers."
At GOP fundraiser, protesters warn "Rauner and Christie - bad for Illinois, bad for USA"
Chris Christie brought checks to the fundraiser totaling $4 million, demonstrators shouted, "Illinois is not for sale."
Says USSA aim is to “alter power relations on campuses”
USSA, the nation's largest and oldest student organization, is committed to "helping students identify what their goals are and how to achieve them."
Despite parent protest, Simeon closes electricity-training class
On a near perfect summer evening here, July 31, about 75 parents along with a number of students filled the Simeon Career and Technical Education auditorium.
