When Did Praying Before a Test Become a Terrorist Act?
This Muslim student was flagged as a security threat for writing a prayer on her GREs, delaying her scores, and earning her graduate-school rejections. Welcome to Trump’s America.
Higher Ed
Why Is Justice Scalia Defending White Mediocrity?
42 White students less qualified than Abigail Fisher got in to the UT-Austin. Yet she and the racist Supreme Court justice blame affirmative action. Is this what "elite" education is all about?
The Right Wing’s War on Diversity in Higher Ed
There may be more students and faculty of color at colleges and universities around the country. But they have to watch what they say in and out of the classroom if they want to stay on campus.
Can University of Wisconsin Survive Governor Walker?
The GOP governor is destroying the university system, with a $300 million budget cut and a move to weaken tenure. This UW professor reveals just how far-reaching the damage will be.
Are the Virtues of Higher Education a Lesson in False Advertising?
After years of adjunct teaching gigs, the novelist left academe for copywriting—much to her colleagues' chagrin. Her reasons will challenge everything you think you know about “selling out.”