Higher Education

Maryland Dreamers Score Latest Immigrant Victory

With the passage of Maryland's Question 4, now 14 states offer in-state tuition to undocumented college students.

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| Thu Nov. 8, 2012 4:00 AM PST

The Slow Death of California's Higher Education

California has slashed higher ed spending, while prison spending has quintupled.

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| Tue Oct. 2, 2012 11:12 AM PDT

Mental Health 101

More college students are being diagnosed with serious psychiatric disorders. What's behind the numbers?

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| Mon Dec. 20, 2010 1:58 PM PST

McDonnell's Crazy Thesis

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| Tue Sep. 1, 2009 5:11 PM PDT

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Spring Break: Service Gone Wild

Can good deeds and learning compete with wet T-shirt contests and random hookups? You decide.

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| Fri Mar. 6, 2009 8:18 AM PST

Full Results of Mother Jones' 2008 Student Activism Survey
Thu Aug. 21, 2008 12:00 AM PDT

Update: Magna Cum MoJo

Five years ago we profiled a single father laid off and worried about his teenage daughter. Then a generous reader contributed $8,000 toward her education. Here's what happened next.

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| Mon Aug. 4, 2008 12:00 AM PDT

Labor Secretary Elaine Chao Explains Rising Unemployment

The Labor Department reported today that the unemployment rate rose from 5.0 percent to 5.5 percent in May, the largest...

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| Fri Jun. 6, 2008 12:39 PM PDT

Are Today's Student Activists Lazy?

We want the lowdown on student activism, past and present. Been arrested and regret it? Would your school win the...

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| Thu May. 1, 2008 5:41 PM PDT

College Students: You've Been F#%'D!

Americans for Fairness in Lending (AFFIL) has gone YouTube in its campaign against predatory lending. Its new video bashes credit...

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| Wed Sep. 26, 2007 8:09 AM PDT

Welcome to the Impossible World

Consider yourself an honorary graduate of the Internet University of hard knocks, mixed metaphors, and strange analogies.

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| Sun May. 14, 2006 12:00 AM PDT
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Why Now Is the Worst Time to Be Young

<i>Why Now Is the Worst Time to Be Young.</i> By Anya Kamenetz. <i>Riverhead Books. $23.95.</i>

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| Sun Jan. 1, 2006 1:00 AM PST
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Top 10 Activist Campuses

Tehran's Number One! At least, they are in our annual roundup of the top activist campuses.

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| Mon Sep. 1, 2003 12:00 AM PDT
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Protests That Make the Grade

Each year, Mother Jones surveys the state of campus activism across the country. The result is the Top 10 ranking, a view of how the nation's students are reacting to issues of concern, and of what issues seem to be striking a chord on college campuses.

Sun Sep. 1, 2002 12:00 AM PDT