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Since the 1980s, higher education–along with all other institutions–has felt the impact of a phenomenon known broadly as neoliberalism.
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PERSPECTIVES: Does Stanford’s ‘Easy Fusion With Big Business’ Explain Faculty Contrarian Views Re COVID-19?
Jeet Heer argues the case in this article from The Nation.
May 31, 2020/
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PERSPECTIVES: Telling Narrative About How Higher Education Uses Its Wealth
Columbia University is the focus of this article co-authored by R.H. Lossin and Lexie Cook. “Columbia has toed an all-too-familiar …
May 30, 2020/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: Graduate Student Workers Nationwide Unite, Take Action in the Face of Pandemic
Groups at eight Big Ten universities, including Michigan and Michigan State, have signed on to this effort. Read more here …
May 29, 2020/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Colleges and Universities NEED to Re-Open for Fall Semester
‘Why’ is a long list–to retain students, to buffer financial shortfalls, and to offer athletics are just a few of …
May 28, 2020/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: New Federal Title IX Regulations. Just How Concerned Should We Be?
‘Very’ writes Harvard professor Jeannie Suk Gersen in The New Yorker. Read why here.
May 27, 2020/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Brewer’s Critique of Major College Football Has Legs
“College football is an unofficial professional sport, profiting off labor paid in scholarships rather than cash, the key operation of …
May 26, 2020/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: The University Announces Fall Semester Plan
The announcement is also available on our website.
May 25, 2020/
Public Higher Ed/
PERSPECTIVES: What Needs to Happen for MSU to Offer Campus-Based Education?
Here’s the take from The State News.
May 24, 2020/
MSU, Perspectives/
NEWS BRIEFS: Dr. Fauci’s Commentary on Fall Semester for Higher Education
Read what he thinks. It’s from The Chronicle of Higher Education.
May 23, 2020/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/
Tradition or Unexamined Habit?
“This is the way we’ve always done it.” “It’s our tradition.” Well, sometimes, yes, it’s a tradition worth continuing. But …
May 22, 2020/
Public Higher Ed/
NEWS BRIEFS: U California Divests From Fossil Fuels
The UC system’s $126-billion portfolio will invest in more environmentally sustainable investments, such as wind and solar energy. Read more …
May 21, 2020/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Avoiding Traps in Crisis Thinking–A Higher Education Priority
“During a time of crisis, people are prone to focus on the tactical…but doing so is operating according to our …
May 20, 2020/
Higher Ed, Perspectives/
NEWS BRIEFS: Nothing to Cheer About For UK Cheerleading Team
Kentucky’s cheerleading team is to college cheerleading what Alabama is to college football–a national titleholder, many times over. But an …
May 19, 2020/
Higher Ed, News Briefs/
NEWS BRIEFS: Despite Issues, MSU’s Stanley “Didn’t Brief Campus in Advance of Woodruff’s Nomination as Provost”
“Michigan State University hired a new provost despite public opposition from a black faculty group troubled by allegations that she …
May 18, 2020/
MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/
PERSPECTIVES: College Towns, Not Just Colleges, Are Suffering Through Pandemic
“Big drops in state funding and tuition are already devastating budgets, forcing salary cuts and layoffs at a rapid rate. Fewer U.S. …
May 17, 2020/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/