Education
Cooper Union students fight to keep school tuition free
November 9, 2011The announcement by Cooper Union President Jamshed Bharucha that his institution may have to charge tuition has caught student, faculty and alumni off guard -but has solidly united them.
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Interview with Chilean student leader Camila Vallejo: They’ll see that it’s worthwhile
November 2, 2011She's president of the Chilean Students' Federation, and a picture of Karl Marx hangs in her office. Camila Vallejo, 23 years old, has been instrumental in propelling Chile's student movement, mobilized now for almost six months.
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Students: Obama loan relief plan good first step, more needed
October 27, 2011Student activists say the president's executive order on the issue is not nearly enough to tackle the larger student debt crisis.
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Teachers cautious on education law rewrite
October 25, 2011The nation's two teachers unions are taking a cautious, wait-and-see attitude towards a draft rewrite of the nation's basic federal education law.
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Amidst global Occupy movement, Chilean students show the way
October 21, 2011Building over five months, students there have moved from immediate demands to an overall critique of Chile's dominant political-economic system.
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