December 2015 - Page 3 of 3

PERSPECTIVES: One Way to Reduce Inequality in America’s Higher Ed … Eliminate the Ivy League

Well, not really. It’s about making changes in how Ivy schools operate and what America’s tax laws enable. Read the details …

by Future U/ December 7, 2015/ Perspectives, Society/

Tuition at Duke is $10k more per year than the median income of Durham, NC, where the school is located. …

by Future U/ December 7, 2015/ Perspectives, Society/

Big surprise? No. Read about the details.

by Future U/ December 7, 2015/ Perspectives, Society/

Here are two interesting articles–one more about the state of affairs and, the other, what to do about it. …

by Future U/ December 7, 2015/ Perspectives, Society/

Read an update from the author of a 1987 book, The Last Intellectual. Back then, Russell Jacoby wrote that, unlike …

by Future U/ December 7, 2015/ Perspectives, Society/

Caroline Levine, English chair at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, answers the question. Read her eloquent response here.

by Future U/ December 3, 2015/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

Mark Funkhouser, former KC mayor, offers interesting (and provocative) observations. He make this point: “The lands granted by the federal Morrill …

by Future U/ December 3, 2015/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/