February 2016 - Page 3 of 4

NEWS BRIEFS: Protest, You Ask? Yes, Say Many Incoming College Students

Results of a UCLA survey documents a rising level of student activism. Read more here.

by Future U/ February 13, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

A recently conducted survey of students says yes. Read more here.

by Future U/ February 13, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Read more here. Close to our home: “Michigan State University, with its $2.3 billion endowment, said its hedge fund allocation …

by Future U/ February 12, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Important choices and trade-offs are being made at one of California’s flagship university. Read more here.

by Future U/ February 11, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Accusations of “deliberate indifference” at Tennessee…and a candlelight protest at Baylor….

by Future U/ February 10, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

Read an analysis, published recently in The Huffington Post.

by Future U/ February 10, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Read details in a new report from Inside Higher Education.

by Future U/ February 10, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Outrageous in substance and frightening in scope, this president is firing faculty for being disloyal. Read details from Insider Higher Education.

by Future U/ February 10, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

In the world of for-profit education “Caveat Emptor” has multiple meanings. Read more here.

by Future U/ February 9, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

…there’s renewed interest in including “meaningful” community service as a college admissions criterion. Read more here about the pros and cons.

by Future U/ February 8, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

What happened at Missouri, Yale, and other campuses is motivating many schools to elevate campus matters about race.

by Future U/ February 8, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

WVU engineers uncovered the VW diesel fraud. Virginia Tech engineers uncovered undrinkable water in Flint.

by Future U/ February 8, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

All but three schools on the list–GA Tech, Mich, and UVA–are high-profile private institutions. Read more here.

by Future U/ February 8, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Here’s Michael Kinsley’s take on how the Internet will effect the future of higher education. Read more here.

by Future U/ February 8, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

“Black Lives Matter has found a place on campuses in the way the civil rights and black power movements once did.”

by Future U/ February 7, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/