Education
Opinion: Handshake is not letting NYU students shake any hands
The highly promoted Handshake has incredibly low response rates. NYU students should abandon the site and start applying to jobs elsewhere.
Off-Third: Liberal Studies is the best major
Everyone in Liberal Studies, like myself, should have some pride for the best school on campus.
Opinion: Adjuncts need better pay now, but NYU is dragging its feet
NYU should meet the proposals of the adjunct union, ACT-UAW Local 7902 — if not in support of worker's rights, then in the name of its students.
Opinion: NYU should drop its facade of Pacific Island inclusion
Despite housing the Asian/Pacific/American Institute and an associated major, NYU is failing to provide enough courses on Pacific Island Studies.
Editorial: Do no harm, Grossman. Reject Sabatini.
Hiring biologist David Sabatini would display a gross disregard for sexual assault survivors on the part of NYU’s Grossman School of Medicine.
Opinion: Affirmative action is the best tool for increasing diversity
The Supreme Court will likely strike down affirmative action in October. But no alternative is as effective for increasing racial diversity at universities.
Off-Third: Give the Oxford comma a break
One little mark is a helpful, clarifying, and necessary breath of fresh air. Stop getting rid of it.
Opinion: NYU’s publishing program needs to diversify
Representation matters in all avenues — including the professors and guest lecturers in the classroom.
Opinion: For students’ health, a W grade on a transcript should be expungeable
The rigidity of the withdrawal policy may push students to prioritize grades over health.
Opinion: NYU CAS shouldn’t require a foreign language
Forcing students to take four semesters of one language eliminates other avenues of educational exploration and wastes students’ resources.
Opinion: New York, invest in CUNY
As New York state lawmakers finalize budgeting for the 2023 fiscal year, we must urge them to increase support for the City University of New York system.
Opinion: From a student who used to worship them, college rankings are worthless
The recent allegations that Columbia University exaggerated statistics to improve its US News & World Report ranking demonstrate that it’s past time to retire the false prestige of college rankings.
