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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: What Do College Students Think About Campus Reopening?
In The New Yorker, author Masha Gessen asks: “Who knows what might happen if students were asked to take the …
July 14, 2020/
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PERSPECTIVES: Amid Financial Crisis, NCAA Abandons National Leadership Role
In the face of the biggest financial crisis to ever hit college sports (caused by COVID-19), the NCAA has decided …
July 13, 2020/
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PERSPECTIVES: “Faculty appeals to UNC system leaders: Don’t risk lives to reopen campuses”
Commentary from July 12 edition of The News and Observer.
July 12, 2020/
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PERSPECTIVES: “A Semester to Die For”
Nancy Welch is a professor of English, University of Vermont. She writes in Spectre.
July 11, 2020/
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NEWS BRIEFS: At TIAA, CEO With A $21 Million Salary and ‘A Land Grab’
FROM THE MEDIUM: “TIAA is asking clients to vote by July 10 on a $21 million compensation package for CEO …
July 10, 2020/
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PERSPECTIVES: Is British-Style Education Answer to COVID-19?
“In the classic tutorial system, students do most of their learning in small sessions that include the professor (or an …
July 9, 2020/
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NEWS BRIEFS: Fed Policy Limits Options for International Students
“International students will be forced to leave the U.S. or transfer to another college if their schools offer classes entirely …
July 8, 2020/
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NEWS BRIEFS: Ole’ Miss Removes Confederate Statues, Will Build Memorial
Marching through campus with placards, “Abandon the Plans!,” University of Mississippi students “are demanding that the project be halted after …
July 7, 2020/
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NEWS BRIEFS: Newfound Recognition for Change Includes Renaming College Buildings/Programs
“Over the last month, a flurry of colleges has worked to align their recent statements against racial injustice with action …
July 6, 2020/
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PERSPECTIVES: Op-Ed … NCAA Needs New Leadership
“In response to negative perceptions, Emmert (NCAA Mark Emmert) adopted similar self-preservation strategies of many successful college presidents. He has …
July 5, 2020/
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PERSPECTIVES: “College Leaders Will Be Judged By Their Actions”
Professor Johnathan Charles Flowers argues that what Sara Ahmed describes as “image work” (that is, language that portrays an institution as …
July 4, 2020/
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NEWS BRIEFS: Soon-to-Be-Published Book Looks at Survivor-Enabler Link
Armies of Enablers (to be published on Sept 1 by the American Bar Association) “focuses on cases of sexual assault …
July 3, 2020/
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NEWS BRIEFS: America’s College Athletes Are Speaking Out/Organizing for Social Justice
University of Iowa’s Kaevon Merriweather: “I would rather play in front of 1,000 fans who care about us as people outside …
July 2, 2020/
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PERSPECTIVES: Tons of College Aid Money Left on the Table, Students Need Help Finding It
“Students often have little help finding and applying for financial assistance, and miss out on opportunities for affordable higher education.” …
July 1, 2020/
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PERSPECTIVES: Mounting Faculty Concerns About Fall Semester 2020
At Purdue, “a recent survey completed by more than 7,000 Purdue faculty and staff members and graduate students, for example, …
June 30, 2020/
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