The Iconoclast
He wants to save classics from whiteness. Can the field survive?
He wants to save classics from whiteness. Can the field survive?
Rachel Poser New York Times Magazine Feb 2021 30min Permalink
Bruce Fleming is known for being a chauvinistic, egoistic loudmouth–but firing him has been a lot harder than the Pentagon thought.
Benjamin Wofford Washingtonian Apr 2020 Permalink
A homeless teen stumbles upon a strange house party.
Namwali Serpell Lit Hub Oct 2019 10min Permalink
Most tycoons give big to one or two universities as their children approach college age. David Shaw gave to seven.
Ava Kofman, Daniel Golden ProPublica Sep 2019 20min Permalink
The M.I.T. Media Lab knew Epstein was a convicted sex offender. They asked for his help anyway, then covered their tracks.
Ronan Farrow New Yorker Sep 2019 10min Permalink
The University of Maryland waited 18 days to inform students of a virus on campus. That decision left vulnerable students like Olivia Paregol in the dark.
Jenn Abelson, Amy Brittain, Sarah Larimer Washington Post May 2019 30min Permalink
When colleges shut down, people get hurt.
Michael Vasquez, Dan Bauman The Chronicle of Higher Education Apr 2019 25min Permalink
“I had inherited a Rolodex full of useful phone numbers (the College Board, a helpful counselor in the UCLA admissions office), but the number I kept handing out was that of a family therapist.”
Caitlin Flanagan The Atlantic Sep 2001 25min Permalink
A professor schemed to get a raise and win his department’s respect. Instead, he wrecked his career.
Jack Stripling, Megan Zahneis The Chronicle of Higher Education Sep 2018 20min Permalink
How Washington left students to drown in debt.
Ryann Liebenthal Mother Jones Aug 2018 25min Permalink
How the 9.9 percent became “the principal accomplices in a process that is slowly strangling the economy, destabilizing American politics, and eroding democracy.”
Matthew Stewart The Atlantic May 2018 1h Permalink
A team of researchers at Columbia believe that small changes to college life could make campuses safer.
Jia Tolentino The New Yorker Feb 2018 20min Permalink
Senior House was a haven for creative outsiders. In a move that is being echoed on campuses around the country, administrators said it was dangerous and shut it down.
Emily Dreyfuss Wired Sep 2017 15min Permalink
“I was the wealthiest, most powerful person Brown knew, and I had sixty-seven dollars in my banking account.”
Kiese Laymon Buzzfeed Aug 2017 Permalink
On affirmative action at the University of Texas, the essence of privilege, and getting what you deserve.
This job—writing college essays for Abigail Fishers—was the only job I have ever been truly ashamed of, and I am so ashamed of it now that it hurts.
Jia Tolentino Jezebel Jun 2016 15min Permalink
Undercover as a student at Phoenix University, the largest for-profit higher education company in the country and the second-largest enroller of students (behind the SUNY system), where only 12 percent of first-time students graduate and the ad budget accounts for 30 percent of overall spending.
Christopher R. Beha Harper's Oct 2011 Permalink
“And finally, to girls everywhere, I am with you. On nights when you feel alone, I am with you. When people doubt you or dismiss you, I am with you. I fought everyday for you. So never stop fighting, I believe you.”
On trigger warnings, allyship, intersectionality, and what’s really eating Oberlin.
Nathan Heller New Yorker May 2016 35min Permalink
Thomas Pogge is a Yale professor and one of the world’s most prominent ethicists. He also stands accused of sexually harassing his female students.
Katie J.M. Baker Buzzfeed May 2016 20min Permalink
Thirty years ago, Elizabeth Haysom and Jens Soering fell in love as freshman at the University of Virginia. It was the same year Haysom’s parents were brutally murdered. Each says the other committed the crime.
Nathan Heller New Yorker Nov 2015 45min Permalink
A love triangle between two married professors and the dean goes public.
David Margolick Vanity Fair Oct 2015 30min Permalink
No one knew how Suzanne Jovin ended up in a wealthy neighborhood away from Yale’s campus in New Haven, or why she was brutally stabbed on the sidewalk, apparently by someone she knew. The only suspect that police named was her thesis advisor.
Suzanna Andrews Vanity Fair Aug 1999 35min Permalink
A business opportunity stemming from “a moment in time when the debate over how colleges should address sexual assault has reached a fever pitch.”
Katie J.M. Baker Buzzfeed Jul 2015 15min Permalink
The mysterious death of one of college basketball’s most promising coaches.
Wright Thompson ESPN Apr 2015 25min Permalink
A UVA alum goes back for the first rush week since the Rolling Stone story.
Jia Tolentino Jezebel Jan 2015 30min Permalink