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Monthly Archive: January 2023

PERSPECTIVES: A Different Take On Philanthropic Largesse

An activist’s perspective about philanthropy for partisan intent. An interpretation of Eli Broad’s approach to development and change.
by Future U/ February 29, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Campus Protests Yield Limited Results

Too little, quite limited…. That’s the outcome of a USA Today analysis of what has happened at nearly 20 schools in …
by Future U/ February 29, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Colleges That Go The Extra Mile to Help Students in Financial Distress

The Washington Post provides insights about what colleges are doing financially to help students stay in school.
by Future U/ February 29, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Anti-Intellectual America?

From Psychology Today: “There’s a disturbing trend of anti-intellectualism in American culture, the dismissal of science, the arts, and humanities and replacement …
by Future U/ February 28, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Academeblog.Org Features FutureU Site

Thank you, Martin Kich. editor of Academe Blog, the blog of Academe, published by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). Read more …
by Future U/ February 27, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Get a Degree, No Study, No Classes. Easy!

Don’t like the job you work at and you think about changing it for something better? – Is your lack …
by Future U/ February 27, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Why Are Smaller Collegiate Endowments Outperforming Larger Endowments?

On average, about 60% of big-scale endowments are “invested” in alternative options, such as hedge funds and private equity. Many smaller endowments don’t …
by Future U/ February 26, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Neoliberalism in Action — Education as Supply Chain Management

A tenet of neoliberalism is running everything like a business irrespective of the business you’re in. The Chamber of Commerce applies SCM to …
by Future U/ February 26, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Impact of Neoliberal Capitalism

Neoliberal capitalism. What is higher education’s role?
by Future U/ February 26, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Making a Case For The Humanities

Brown professor, Arnold Weinstein, writes expressively in this essay, published in The New York Times. “The humanistic model is sloppy. …
by Future U/ February 25, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The ‘Free College’ Myth

In a highly critiqued essay, Jeffrey Silingo, former editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education, says the idea isn’t worth pursuing. 
by Future U/ February 24, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Tracking the 1% in Higher Education

“Less than 1 percent of the nation’s colleges received 28.7 percent of all gifts in 2015.” Case example: Stanford. “This …
by Future U/ February 24, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Excerpt from Joe Nocera’s New Book, “Indentured,” About the NCAA

This post (courtesy of LinkedIn) has been adapted and excerpted from INDENTURED: The Inside Story of the Rebellion Against the …
by Frank Fear/ February 23, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: “There’ll Be More Incentives to Electrical Engineers Than French Literature Majors. There Just Will.”

Will states moderate the flow of student funding based on college major? That’s the plan in some states. Read more.
by Future U/ February 22, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Who Speaks, Who Doesn’t On America’s Campuses?

The situation at Williams College draws attention, once again, to important questions about free speech.
by Future U/ February 22, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/
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