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Monthly Archive: March 2022

PERSPECTIVES: How Much is Too Much, Athletics and the University

Athletics is a primary feature in today’s “branded university.” But how much is too much? And who gets to decide …
by Future U/ October 31, 2015/ MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

LITERATURE: The “Managerial Organization,” Implications and Applications to the Health Professions

Read a new article by Paul A Komesaroff, Ian H Kerridge, David Isaacs and Peter M Brooks. The co-authors focus on …
by Future U/ October 31, 2015/ Articles, Society/

PERSPECTIVE: “Death Steals Everything but Our Stories,” Bill Castanier on Bonnie Bucqueroux

Read Bill’s evocative recollections of his relationship and collaboration with Bonnie. It’s reprinted from Lansing Online News.
by Future U/ October 31, 2015/ MSU, Perspectives/

LITERATURE: Can Corporations and Democracy Co-Exist?

MSU Professor Emeritus, David Dwyer, calls it “Corporate Parasitology 101,” in a provocative new essay. Dwyer concludes that “to restore the …
by Future U/ October 31, 2015/ Articles, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Why It’s Time for Tuition-Free Public Colleges & Universities

America is facing a crisis: a public good has become a private matter. Lawrence Wittner, the author of this piece, …
by Future U/ October 29, 2015/ Articles, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: New Film Highlights Economic Plight of Adjunct Profs

The new film was produced for a Congressional hearing. From the article: “Between 1970 and 2008, the average pay of …
by Future U/ October 28, 2015/ News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: Onerous Trends in Higher Education

Some university trends are good and some, well, just aren’t. Here’s a recent article on issues in higher education that …
by Future U/ October 27, 2015/ Articles/

PERSPECTIVES: The Company You Keep, “The UnBranded University”

Universities weren’t branded and marketed to the public in the 1950s. They were “unbranded” in the business sense. And perhaps there’s …
by Future U/ October 27, 2015/ MSU, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Pulitzer Prize Winner Critiques Big-Time College Athletics

Gilbert Gaul is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. His newest book is “Billion Dollar Ball: A Journey Through …
by Future U/ October 26, 2015/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Neoliberalism and Higher Education

Teresa Córdova is Director, Great Cities Institute, University of Illinois Chicago. Read her Director’s Blog on neoliberalism in higher ed.
by Future U/ October 26, 2015/ Public Higher Ed, Society/

VIDEO: What Good is Higher Education?

Presentation by Dr. Lawrence Busch, Distinguished Professor, Michigan State University. Also watch Larry’s interview on Lansing’s Online News Radio.
by Future U/ October 26, 2015/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: 20% of States Spend More Public Money on Prisons v. Higher Ed

Michigan is one of the states–10 in total–that put more state money behind the prison system than investing in higher …
by Future U/ October 24, 2015/ News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: No Academic Credentials for New UNC System Chief

It’s happening all too often–recently at Florida State, then Iowa, and now at the University of North Carolina system–naming a …
by Future U/ October 24, 2015/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Billion Dollar Fundraising Campaigns, Common in Public Higher Ed

At William & Mary state allocations constitution less than 15% of the university’s general fund. W&M is considered to be …
by Future U/ October 23, 2015/ News Briefs/

LITERATURE: A Faculty Member Speaks Out: Why We Should Fear “University, Inc.”

Fredrik deBoer writes expressive in The New York Times Magazine about his experiences at a major university, a place he interprets as an …
by Future U/ October 23, 2015/ Articles, Public Higher Ed/
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