Timely Warning notifications were designed to provide community members with important information during an emergency, but there are unintended consequences. By Charlotte Rubin On Tuesday, September 21, 2021, over 50,000 New York University students’ phones buzzed at the same time. An identical notification appeared on their screens: “Safety Alert—Shots Fired.” A few minutes later, their phones buzzed […]
Category: StudentNation
With the payment moratorium for student loans expiring on May 1, millions of women will face the possibility of financial ruin. By Vivek Kakar and StudentNation Today, women hold over two-thirds of America’s trillion-dollar student debt. Each holds, on average, $31,000 in student debt before their career even begins, and because of the persistent gender wage pay gap, […]
The oil and gas industry uses universities to influence environmental policy. Here’s how we fight back. By Ilana Cohen and Jake Lowe As student organizers, we’ve seen the power of divestment come to bear by helping secure historic commitments from our universities—including the world’s richest school, Harvard—to sever their endowments from the companies driving climate breakdown. Yet at the […]
My peers and I spent years studying for the Standardized High School Admissions Test in NYC. Should that change? By Merry Li EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was originally published by Youth Communications and is reposted here with permission. YC is a nonprofit publisher of teen-written stories and curriculum to help educators strengthen the social and emotional skills of youth. In June […]
Court fees, fines, and cash bail contribute to a cycle of debt and incarceration under the guise of justice. By Ruqaiyah Zarook On a recent trip to Albany, New York City Mayor Eric Adams pushed for revision of the state’s bail reform law, in light of the murders of Michelle Go and Christina Yuna Lee, pressing lawmakers to give judges […]
Tenure gives more protection on campus. Can faculty use it help their students? By Sunny Yan With Covid rates falling nationally, most college students have returned to in-person classes. While some universities continue to offer remote options for students, other campuses have enforced a unilateral return. This includes my own school, the University of California–Davis. In […]