Forest Hunt

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Intern Investigative Reporter at American Public Media Group

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Tim Walz’s experience in China could help him as veep, but he barely mentions it as a candidate

Sep 30, 2024 | mprnews.org | Forest Hunt |Caspar von Au |Curtis Gilbert

The warning from the U.S. State Department in June 1989 was stark. It told Americans to stay away from China, citing an “extremely volatile and potentially life-threatening” situation there following the Tiananmen Square massacre. Two months later, even though the department was still discouraging “non-essential” travel to the country, a 25-year-old teacher from Nebraska went there anyway. “I’m somewhat apprehensive, but I’m also excited,” Gov.
On This Campus, Every Student Could Join a Union. The College Calls It an ‘Existential Threat.’

May 14, 2024 | chroni.cl | Forest Hunt

Student workers at Berea College won’t be the first to form a union of undergraduates, but a union at the small Kentucky institution would be the first in other ways. If successful, it would be the first of its kind in the South, a region that’s historically been anti-union. It would be the first student-worker union at a federal work college, where students hold a job in return for free tuition. It would also be the first undergraduate union to count every student on campus as a member.
On This Campus, Every Student Could Join a Union. The College Calls It an ‘Existential Threat.’

May 14, 2024 | chronicle.com | Forest Hunt

Student workers at Berea College won’t be the first to form a union of undergraduates, but a union at the small Kentucky institution would be the first in other ways. If successful, it would be the first of its kind in the South, a region that’s historically been anti-union. It would be the first student-worker union at a federal work college, where students hold a job in return for free tuition. It would also be the first undergraduate union to count every student on campus as a member.
How Colleges Have Responded to Student Encampments

May 2, 2024 | chroni.cl | Sonel Cutler |Alecia Taylor |Forest Hunt

The number of pro-Palestinian encampments at colleges nationwide continues to climb, reaching more than 80 campuses as of Wednesday. College leaders are grappling with how to balance students’ right to freedom of expression with campus safety concerns, and an uptick in arrests over the past several days has signaled that administrators are struggling to reach peaceful resolutions.
How Colleges Have Responded to Student Encampments

May 1, 2024 | chronicle.com | Sonel Cutler |Alecia Taylor |Forest Hunt

The number of pro-Palestinian encampments at colleges nationwide continues to climb, reaching more than 80 campuses as of Wednesday. College leaders are grappling with how to balance students’ right to freedom of expression with campus safety concerns, and an uptick in arrests over the past several days has signaled that administrators are struggling to reach peaceful resolutions.
Dozens of Students Arrested at Yale as Administrators Clear Encampment

Apr 22, 2024 | chronicle.com | Forest Hunt

Yale University police officers on Monday arrested 47 Yale students who were occupying a campus plaza to demand that the university cut ties with weapons manufacturers, including those connected to IsraelIt’s the second time in the past five days that college administrators have shut down an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters.
‘First-Generation Students’ Can Be a Limiting Category, New Report Says

Apr 5, 2024 | chroni.cl | Forest Hunt

Colleges can’t agree on how to define “first generation” students. And maybe that’s OK, according to a team of researchers. But institutions must be aware of even small differences in backgrounds — because a narrow framing of who’s first-gen might cause colleges to miss students who need additional support.
‘First-Generation Students’ Can Be a Limiting Category, New Report Says

Apr 5, 2024 | chronicle.com | Forest Hunt

Colleges can’t agree on how to define “first generation” students. And maybe that’s OK, according to a team of researchers. But institutions must be aware of even small differences in backgrounds — because a narrow framing of who’s first-gen might cause colleges to miss students who need additional support.
New Mexico Is Trying to Make Tuition-Free College Stick. Here’s How.

Mar 12, 2024 | chronicle.com | Forest Hunt

What’s NewOne of the nation’s most far-reaching free-tuition efforts just got a big boost: State leaders in New Mexico have set aside nearly $1 billion to help sustain the program, which costs $146 million annually. Any state resident accepted to a public college can get free tuition in New Mexico. The new money will create the largest “trust fund” for higher education in the United States, according to a statement from Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, who signed the legislation last week.
Colleges Contend With a Tidal Wave of New Undergrad Unions

Mar 7, 2024 | chronicle.com | Forest Hunt

Before 2022, only two colleges had a union representing undergraduate workers. Now undergraduate students at two large universities and at least seven other colleges have unionized since October — accelerating a trend that began 18 months ago. Last week, 20,000 student workers across the California State University system voted to form a union, following the lead of about 4,000 undergraduates at the University of Oregon. We are unable to fully display the content of this page.