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Hidden struggles sink Fall semester for students
(the Generation Lab/ Cyrus Beschloss) Overview: In many ways, the Fall semester curbed the slow-bleed sapping higher education since...
Generation Lab
Dec 18, 20202 min read

Student holiday travel, testing and vaccine views track party lines
Overview: A compound-crisis is building as a COVID-19 case-surge collides with students' return home for the holidays. Thanksgiving and...
Generation Lab
Nov 25, 20202 min read


Pandemic fatigue and holidays threaten student safety this Winter
The backdrop: COVID-19 cases are roaring to all-time highs in the United States. Winter weather melding with flu season could send the...
Cyrus Beschloss
Nov 18, 20201 min read


Students say America's standing, race relations have plunged since 2016
The scene: 4 weeks separate us from a political earthquake, and young voters are a dark-horse demographic to swing the election in a way...
Generation Lab
Oct 16, 20203 min read

Most students believe school re-opening was the wrong choice
When higher ed's gatekeepers sat down this summer to chart the treacherous future of COVID-on-campus, a diverse slate of re-open plans...
Generation Lab
Sep 21, 20202 min read


AOC gets early youth nod for 2024
The political ground is shaking ahead of November's presidential election, yet some are already sketching out the post-election...
Generation Lab
Sep 11, 20201 min read


Pressing pause on the college experience
Coronavirus swept students from campuses this March as America absorbed the full impact of the coronavirus. Since then, colleges have...
Generation Lab
Aug 19, 20201 min read

Most students ready to return to campus amid pandemic
The state of play: Colleges are locked in a multi-front clash with the Trump administration, financial insolvency and a pandemic. The...
Generation Lab
Jul 15, 20202 min read
Students show mixed support for police and movement to defund
(Bryan Denton/ The New York Times) With the nation spasming in response to the killing of George Floyd, attitudes toward police, funding...
Generation Lab
Jul 6, 20204 min read
Students back Elizabeth Warren for Biden VP pick
The scene: Joe Biden's youth plan needs a jolt. Before Bernie Sanders dropped out, Biden trailed Sanders by 35 points among college...
Generation Lab
Jun 23, 20201 min read

As colleges mull re-opening, majority of students ready to return
(Cyrus Beschloss | College Reaction) Higher education is trying to pave the path forward. University administrators are locked in debate...
Generation Lab
May 13, 20201 min read

Students fear spreading virus but slow to distance
Overview: Coronavirus has thrashed most systems of American life and industry. Higher education has been one of the central theaters in...
Generation Lab
May 12, 20202 min read

Most student jobs have been canceled, delayed or digitized by coronavirus
The state of play:Â Coronavirus has battered college life. Students are still scrambling to stanch the cash-bleed from leaving campus in...
Generation Lab
May 12, 20202 min read

Poll: 45% of students say gun violence makes them reconsider attending public events
Two issues stoke students' fear more than any others. Both climate change and gun violence resonated with students as the biggest threats...
Generation Lab
Apr 20, 20202 min read


Poll: Sanders takes lead for student vote
The topline: The student vote is all but settled. Biden took charge early, only to lose ground to Elizabeth Warren. Despite Warren's...
Generation Lab
Apr 20, 20201 min read

Poll: Warren eclipses Biden for college vote
In the sharpest swing since we began tracking the Democratic race, Elizabeth Warren has sailed atop our Presidential Support Index....
Generation Lab
Apr 20, 20202 min read
Over 80% of students say Trump investigations matter to them
(Gerald Herbert/ AP) In the wake of the release of the redacted Mueller report, America scrambles to digest the findings. The issue -...
Generation Lab
Apr 20, 20201 min read
Poll: Climate change is top issue for youth voters
As announcement season gives way to debate season in the 2020 race, College Reaction teamed up with WBRU – a multimedia news and opinion...
Generation Lab
Apr 20, 20206 min read


Poll: Sanders soars and moderates splinter in student vote
As the moderate lane of the Democratic field splinters and clashes, Bernie Sanders has grabbed hold of the progressive wing to lead the...
Generation Lab
Feb 21, 20202 min read
76% of students back impeachment inquiry
Axios/College Reaction Poll: Impeachment Support for impeachment is swelling across political silos and demographic brackets. Perhaps the...
Generation Lab
Oct 15, 20193 min read
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