January 2016 – Future U

NEWS BRIEFS: Records Show Big Increase in Higher Ed Funding By Koch Brothers

According to tax records foundations led by C. & F. Koch gave $23+ million in ’14—up from $12+ million in ’12. “Grants almost always …

by Future U/ January 31, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

“Lord Jeff,” for Lord Jeffery Amherst, is no longer the mascot at Amherst College…and for good reasons. Read more here.

by Future U/ January 31, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

The athletic “have’s” need donors. The athletic “have not’s” need subsidies. Combined total last year: $4 billion+.

by Future U/ January 29, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

The case of Lake Superior State University is worth following. Read more here.

by Future U/ January 29, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

Read a provocative report, published by The Chronicle of Higher Education, on why some research matter more to universities than …

by Future U/ January 26, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

Carol Hay of UMass, Lowell, takes on a subject that, well…. Read more here.

by Future U/ January 26, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

What happens in the classroom, stays in the…no…goes public. Read more.

by Future U/ January 25, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

Essays. Essays. And more essays. Read more here.

by Future U/ January 25, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

Read different perspectives on a timely subject. From a Forum, The New York Times.

by Future U/ January 20, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

“The original campaign was inane and insulting,” Bill Harbaugh, economics prof & president-elect, U of O’s University Senate. Read more.

by Future U/ January 20, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

Here’s analysis from The New York Times on prospects regarding a SCOTUS ruling on Affirmative Action.

by Future U/ January 18, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

Sustained Dialogue Campus Network, March 18-20, University of Tampa

by Future U/ January 18, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

Public broadcasting has an important role in today’s highly corporatized media environment. Dean Ernest Wilson says how (video and text).

by Future U/ January 18, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

Morton Schapiro, president of Northwestern University, speaks persuasively about why campuses “safe spaces” are important.

by Future U/ January 18, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

So says Gov. Cuomo in his just-unveiled state budget proposal. Read more here. “Shifting one-third of the cost of CUNY …

by Future U/ January 15, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/