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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: Secret Searches: “Phenomenon of the Last 5-10 years, Influenced by Search Firms”
Judith Wilde. presidential search scholar, George Mason University: “We see no reason to believe that this leads to better presidents. …
August 24, 2019/
Higher Ed, Perspectives/
PERSPECTIVES: U.S. Selects Presidential Candidates After Debates, Primaries, & Conventions. University Presidents are Often Selected in Private.
Why? The University of Kentucky’s John Thelin concludes it’s because universities prefer to be run like a business, embrace the …
August 23, 2019/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Public Higher Ed is ‘All-In’ on Out-of-State Students
There aren’t enough in-state students to go around, and that gives out-of-state students an advantage in the enrollment battle among …
August 22, 2019/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/
NEWS BRIEFS: Did Michigan State Athletics Violate Title IX Procedures?
On Wednesday, a federal judge denied a motion by MSU to reject a lawsuit filed by a then-MSU student that …
August 21, 2019/
MSU, News Briefs/
When It Comes to Money, College Sports is a Two-Tier System
It’s not a sports story. It’s a public policy problem. Here’s why.
August 20, 2019/
Public Higher Ed/
PERSPECTIVES: In ‘The Girls,’ Abigail Pesta Reveals New Info About Nassar’s Predation
Pesta’s book is available at bookstores and vendors nationally. Here are two reviews–from the Washington Post and Vice.
August 19, 2019/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: How To Kill the Professoriate (commentary)
In this Chronicle essay, Herb Childress describes what he believes has already happened (and continues to happen) in and to …
August 18, 2019/
Higher Ed, Perspectives/
PERSPECTIVES: When Higher Ed-Corporate Partnerships Go Too Far (commentary)
Stanford’s Geoffrey Cox asserts that “it will be difficult to claim that higher education is a public good if it …
August 17, 2019/
Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/
PERSPECTIVES: Many College Students Experience This Draconian Bargain
What is it? It’s accumulating student debt without earning a degree. According to The National Student Clearinghouse, 25% of students …
August 16, 2019/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
Art, Critique, and Superfluousness: The Psychic Violence of the Optimized Academy
By Zach Kaiser, MSU assistant professor
August 15, 2019/
MSU, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/
NEWS BRIEFS: Is Ethnic Studies in California’s Future at High School & College Levels?
Proposed for high schools students and students enrolled at Cal State universities, “at its core, supporters say, ethnic studies classes …
August 14, 2019/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: MSU, Feds Reach Agreement to Revise U’s Sexual Misconduct Policies/Add Safety Measures re Abuse
MSU will be monitored, can’t self-police. Read more from the Lansing State Journal.
August 13, 2019/
MSU, News Briefs/
PERSPECTIVES: Neoliberalism’s ‘Uncomfortable Truth’
“We have all, in some measure, been co-opted into accepting neoliberal capitalism’s false premises and promises.” Fred Guerin elaborates in …
August 12, 2019/
Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: MSU Pays Nearly $700k For Simon’s Defense
$700k so far. “District Court Judge Julie Reincke has yet to decide whether she’ll order the case on to Circuit …
August 11, 2019/
MSU, News Briefs, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Why Grad Students Need to Organize
“If university administrators want to preserve the distinctive character of their institutions, they should do so by honoring the unionization …
August 10, 2019/
Higher Ed, Perspectives/