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PERSPECTIVES: Teaching With And Against Technology

By Steven Weiland, Department of Educational Administration, Michigan State University

by Future U/ March 15, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Fiscal Viability Haunts America’s Liberal Arts Colleges

One answer: turn to the business world for executive leadership. That strategy didn’t work at Mount St. Mary’s University.

by Future U/ March 14, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Wisconsin Regents Approve New Policies Over Faculty Objections

Run higher education like a business! That’s a neoliberal clarion call. What happens? Wisconsin public higher ed is a primary example. Read …

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

NEWS BRIEFS: Want Kids To Do Better in Math and English? Teach Them Philosophy

Math & literacy skills increased for English children who participated in a philosophy class. Disadvantaged students showed the most significant gains.

by Future U/ March 11, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Wisconsin Scholar-Activist Leaves Madison, Cites Toxic Environment for Academics

Sara Goldrick-Rabb: “It is no longer possible for critical scholars working in public higher education to flourish without tenure protections.” Read …

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

NEWS BRIEFS: New Film Documents Impact of Neoliberalism on Public Higher Education

Starving the Beast examines how political and market-oriented forces are reframing public higher education.

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

PERSPECTIVES: Universities, Overinvested in Hedge Funds, Aren’t Practicing What They Preach

For what universities stand and what hedge funds do…a glaring disconnect. Read more in a new article from The Nation.

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

PERSPECTIVES: Strategies for Disrupting the Marketization of Higher Education

Richard Fouchaux offers insights into how to counter the marketization of education. Read more here.

by Future U/ March 7, 2016/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: How Right-Wing Conservatives Are Infiltrating Higher Education

Big surprise? No surprise. It’s part of “the agenda.” Read more from The Chronicle of Higher Education.

by Future U/ March 4, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: 2016 Rankings of America’s Public Universities

Top 25 dominated by Big Ten & CA-based schools. See methodology here. Another ranking system here.

by Future U/ March 2, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Colleges Aren’t Corporations

“Universities need to be run with focus on the bottom line but, at their core, colleges are not corporations.”

by Future U/ March 1, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Higher Education Trends Reveal Neoliberal Emphasis

Many of the trends identified by The Chronicle of Higher Education are associated with neoliberal methods of leading and managing higher education. …

by Future U/ March 1, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

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