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Monthly Archive: March 2022

PERSPECTIVES: Subsidies Are Primary Means of Funding College Sports At Many Universities

Majority of public universities can’t balance athletic books without university allocations and student fees. Amount nationally? $2.6 billion dollars in ’14-15. …
by Future U/ April 28, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Neoliberalism and Its Insidious Impacts

The ideology that just about nobody has heard of is the ideology that permeates everyday life–and not for the better. …
by Future U/ April 28, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Enhancing Economic Diversity Through Greater Diversity in College Enrollments

Catherine Hill, president, Vassar College, writes about an avenue to increase diversity in America’s upper-income population.
by Future U/ April 26, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: High Percent of Labor Force Works Without a College Degree

Read a recent report — numbers and commentary — written by The Economic Policy Institute.  
by Future U/ April 25, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Encouraging Campus Transparency When It Comes to Area Crime

Read The Lansing State Journal’s editorial position on why it’s important to let prospective students know about crime statistics–on campus …
by Future U/ April 22, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: ESPN Documentary Does Injustice to Social Issues Associated with Duke Lacrosse Scandal

Read Professor Lindsay Parks Pieper’s (Lynchburg College) incisive critique of ESPN’s “Fantastic Lies.”
by Future U/ April 21, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: How Agents Pursue International Students for American Universities

Read a New York Times analysis. Focus is on the relationship between Global Tree Overseas and Western KY University.
by Future U/ April 20, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Tackling a Ph.D. Later in Life

Second careers and the doctorate. Sometimes the two go hand-in-hand. Read more in this New York Times analysis.
by Future U/ April 20, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Coherent Alternative Needed to Counter Neoliberalism

Read George Monbiot’s thoughtful essay on neoliberalsm and the need for an alternative. It’s reprinted here from Common Dreams.
by Future U/ April 20, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Don’t Like Your PR? Then “Brush Your Brand” Like UC Davis

UC Davis has taken “protect the brand” to a new level, hiring a company to recalibrate what’s being said about …
by Future U/ April 15, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The Adjunct, Teaching On the Periphery

Bruce Lerro reflects on his experience as an adjunct faculty member. It’s worth a read.
by Future U/ April 14, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Picking a College … Where Financial Capability and Preference Often Collide

Read this interpretation in an opinion piece published by The Washington Post.
by Future U/ April 13, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: A President’s Academic Specialty, Implications for Higher Ed Leadership

Read this provocative piece from The Chronicle about presidential leadership. Academic background: what difference does it make?
by Future U/ April 12, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: In-State, Out-of-State … America’s Universities and Choice Making

Here’s a recent exchange about an important issue. Read more from a forum at The New York Times.
by Future U/ April 12, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Financial Challenges at America’s Public Universities, Necessity or Choice?

The Atlantic offers a provocative treatment of a critical issue in higher education. Read more here.
by Future U/ April 12, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/
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