The Campus Does Not Exist — Parapraxis

Shut it down! : a college in crisis : San Francisco State College, October 1968-April 1969 : a report to the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence

xiii, 172 p. : 23 cm; Published in 1970 under title: College in crisis

Universities on Fire: Higher Education in the Climate Crisis

Scientists agree that we are on the precipice of a global climate crisis. How will it transform colleges and universities?Winner of the Frederic W. Ness Book Award by the Association of American Colleges and UniversitiesIn 2019, intense fires in the San Francisco Bay Area closed universities and drove afflicted people to shelter at other campuses. At the same time, extraordinary fires ravaged eastern Australia. Several universities responded by promising material and research support to damaged businesses while also hosting refugees and emergency response teams in student residence halls. This was an echo of the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Katrina on Tulane University in 2005.In Universities on Fire, futurist Bryan Alexander explores higher education during an age of unfolding climate crisis. Powered by real-world examples and the latest research, Alexander assesses practical responses and strategies by surveying contemporary programs and academic climate research from around the world. He establishes a model of how academic institutions may respond and offers practical pathways forward for higher education. How will the two main purposes of education—teaching and research—change as the world heats up? Alexander positions colleges and universities in the broader social world, from town-gown relationships to connections between how campuses and civilization as a whole respond to this epochal threat.Current studies of climate change trace the likely implications across a range of domains, from agriculture to policy, urban design, technology, culture, and human psychology. However, few books have predicted or studied the effects of the climate crisis on colleges and universities. By connecting climate research to a deep, futures-informed analysis of academia, Universities on Fire explores how climate change will fundamentally reshape higher education.

Trump University and the art of the get-rich seminar

We witnessed The Donald's foray into "university" education.

The University As We Know It Is Finished

That’s a good thing.

The History Crisis Is a National Security Problem

As universities shed scholars, key learning disappears.

Our universities are not for profit – Victorian Socialists

Higher education should run for students and staff, not for profit. We’re fighting to ensure revenue goes to secure jobs, and abolishing fees and student debt.

The Ideal University

Critical maneuvers can open space for thinking and questioning differently. One thing hypertext can offer this task is an endlessly wide margin on which to inscribe comments and make links, the chance to move in new directions. That is what the university is supposed to offer, too.

FOURTH REPORT: Former Alpha School students speak out

“A science experiment that’s been framed as a school” - “pretty much a concentration camp” - “cool the first few months and then it just becomes shit”

Revealed: A catalogue of failures and the devastating aftermath of Iran school bombing

Arvind Narayanan on Twitter / X

This week I had the honor of speaking to Princeton’s entire incoming undergraduate class to address their AI anxieties. I had three messages for them — good news, bad news, and a note of optimism. Here’s a condensed version.The good newsWe have enough evidence now to conclude…— Arvind Narayanan (@random_walker) August 27, 2026

It Can Be Lonely to Have a Middle-of-the Road Opinion on the Middle East (Published 2024)

Some college students and faculty members are seeking space for nuanced perspectives on the Israel-Hamas war on deeply divided campuses.

Stefan Collini · Squadrons of Pigs: Bonfire of the Universities

The problems with Britain’s universities are systemic and deep-rooted, not just local or contingent. Yet political and...

Was the Attack on an Iranian Primary School a War Crime?

U.S. leaders have said they would not intentionally strike a school. But if recklessness led to the Minab attack, it may still be criminal.