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Monthly Archive: January 2023

PERSPECTIVES: Deans Comment On Higher Education’s Future

Jeff Selingo reports and analyzes the results. It’s from The Front Row.
by Future U/ June 30, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: University Of The Future Looks Like … ?

Forbes projects an answer. Read more here.
by Future U/ June 29, 2017/ Articles, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Hey, Prof, Watch What You Say!

“Careful speech” seems to rule the day. Read more in this article from The Chronicle of Higher Education.
by Future U/ June 28, 2017/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Study Estimates Thousands of College Students Are Homeless Or Precariously Housed

Study was conducted by a team headed by Sara Goldrick-Rab, Temple University. 27.
by Future U/ June 27, 2017/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Helping College Students Cope With Failure

Private colleges and universities invest significantly in undergrad students. Here’s one area of investment: helping highly successful students cope with …
by Future U/ June 26, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Schools Grapple With Diverse Viewpoints On Campus

“The best education we can provide…is for students to hear diverse points of view–even if they feel uncomfortable,” Provost David …
by Future U/ June 25, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Heterodox Academy Releases Collegiate Rankings On Exposure To Diversity of Viewpoints

The system evaluates campus climate regarding tolerance for free speech. Read more here.
by Future U/ June 24, 2017/ Articles, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Malcolm Gladwell Takes On Philanthropy That Swells Billion-Dollar University Endowments

Gladwell tweeted (6/15): “If billionaires don’t step up, Harvard will soon be down to its last $30 billion.” Gladwell elaborates in …
by Future U/ June 23, 2017/ Audio, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Why Well-Endowed Private Universities Aren’t Private

Tax exemptions and tax deductions are the reason. Read more in this research report from Nexus Research and Policy Center.
by Future U/ June 22, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: On Truthiness, Post-Truth, And How We Get To Know

“Analytic evaluations are cognitive taxing…intuitive evaluations are less taxing,” Lynn Vavreck, UCLA. Beware of what’s called social consensus. Read more
by Future U/ June 21, 2017/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Purge At EPA Continues

Perviously appointed scientists are out as science advisors. Says former Michigan St. appointee, Robert Richardson, “This gives me a great …
by Future U/ June 20, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Activists Don’t Always Get What They Need From Academics

Academics are being pushed to write research papers. Activists (and the public) benefit from academics who are public intellectuals. Read …
by Future U/ June 19, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: WSJ College Rankings Focus On How Well Schools Blend Research Productivity-Student Engagement

A few technically-focused institutions and several elite liberal arts schools top the list. Many elite private universities and most large …
by Future U/ June 18, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: University Of Michigan Announces Free Tuition Program For Qualifying State Residents

The Go Blue Guarantee will provide 4 years of free tuition for in-state residents. To qualify students/their families must earn …
by Future U/ June 17, 2017/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Troubling Choice Making At Columbia and Yale

Nelson Lichtensteinm, Distinguished Professor of History at UC Santa Barbara, analyzes longstanding efforts at two universities to resist graduate employees’ efforts …
by Future U/ June 16, 2017/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/
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