Thousands of SUNY students have been taken to court by the attorney general’s office over tuition debt. And through a quirk in the law, the only way they can defend themselves is by appearing before a judge in Albany. Source:…
Posts published in “Colleges and Universities”
N.Y. Students Hope Vaccine Mandates Bring College Life Back to Normal
By Gotham Rex on September 2, 2021
Many of the state’s college students are leaning into the vaccine mandate, welcoming the chance to return to campus in person. Source: New York Times
Stanley Aronowitz, Labor Scholar and Activist, Dies at 88
By Gotham Rex on August 21, 2021
As a self-described “working-class intellectual,” he declared that direct action was more potent than collective bargaining or conventional politics. Source: New York Times
As Virus Cases Rise, Another Contagion Spreads Among the Vaccinated: Anger
By Gotham Rex on July 27, 2021
Frustrated by the prospect of a new surge, many Americans are blaming the unvaccinated. A tougher stance may backfire, some experts warn. Source: New York Times
Man’s Long-Delayed Quest for Degree Leads to Joint Graduation With Son
By Gotham Rex on June 20, 2021
A man who was just a few credits from graduating from college nearly 30 years ago shared the commencement stage with his son last week. Source: New York Times
Juilliard Students Protest Tuition Increase With Marches and Music
By Gotham Rex on June 11, 2021
After occupying parts of the school, some students were barred from entering the building. So they took the demonstration outside. Source: New York Times
A Psychiatrist Invited to Yale Spoke of Fantasies of Shooting White People
By Gotham Rex on June 6, 2021
The Yale School of Medicine said the tone and content of a lecture by Dr. Aruna Khilanani, who has a private practice in New York, were “antithetical to the values of the school.” Source: New York Times
N.Y. Vaccine Incentive: Full Scholarship to Public State College
By Gotham Rex on May 26, 2021
The random drawings are yet another example of how officials are relying on an array of incentives to boost vaccinations among younger people. Source: New York Times
The Pandemic Almost Derailed This Comeback Story
By Gotham Rex on May 20, 2021
After receiving a 30-year prison sentence, John Gargano won clemency, then rebuilt his career twice. Like New York City, he’s back on his game. Source: New York Times
Debate Erupts at N.J. Law School After White Student Quotes Racial Slur
By Gotham Rex on May 3, 2021
A Rutgers Law student repeated an epithet from a legal case, and now Black students at the New Jersey school are calling for a policy on slurs — and apologies. Source: New York Times
West Point Scraps Second-Chance Program in Crackdown on Cheaters
By Gotham Rex on April 16, 2021
Some graduates criticized the program as too lenient after the U.S. Military Academy disclosed its biggest academic scandal in decades. Source: New York Times
Morris Dickstein, Critic and Cultural Historian, Dies at 81
By Gotham Rex on March 26, 2021
He had a passion for reading, and for writing about what he was reading. “Criticism,” he once said, “plays a very important role in keeping people honest.” Source: New York Times
Why Did the Dean of the Most Diverse Law School in the Country Cancel Herself?
By Gotham Rex on March 26, 2021
Was it the unfortunate use of a single word? Or something far more complicated? Source: New York Times
Frances D. Horowitz, 88, Dies; Transformed C.U.N.Y. Graduate Center
By Gotham Rex on March 23, 2021
A distinguished child psychologist, she presided over the school’s move to a landmark building in Manhattan and expanded its capacity for research. Source: New York Times
Walter LaFeber, Historian Who Dissected Diplomacy, Dies at 87
By Gotham Rex on March 10, 2021
Challenging convention from all political perspectives, he mesmerized his students at Cornell, many of whom went on to hold foreign policy posts or professorships. Source: New York Times