Giving Compass' Take:

• Global Citizen reports on the plight of student activists in Iran, who are running into road blocks while applying to schools due to their views.

• Human rights groups are trying their best to come to the students' defense, but it will require an international collective effort to make sure that fairness and free speech prevails.

• This Iranian philanthropist talks about education as an equalizer.

Iranian student Zia Nabavi can’t get into graduate school, and it’s not because he doesn’t have the grades.

Nabavi ranked ninth out of thousands of students on the sociology program entrance exam, but authorities allegedly won’t process his application because he has a history of protesting. His application was labeled “lacking documents,” on the Ministry of Higher Education’s website, according to Human Rights Watch.

After standing up for his peers who had their activism used against them while applying to schools, Nabavi suspects he’s being punished for the same reason. He shared his situation on Twitter on Tuesday.

In the tweet Navabi explained his application had been "starred," and tagged several of the countries politicians incuding President Hassan Rouhani.

Iranian authorities have discreetly prevented students activists from furthering their education over the past decade by flagging applications as incomplete, according to the Humans Rights Watch.

Read the full article about student activists in Iran under fire by Leah Rodriguez at Global Citizen.