February 2018 – Future U

NEWS BRIEFS: U.S. Department Of Education Begins Investigation Of Michigan State

The investigation will look at systemic issues in the university’s handling of the Dr. Larry Nassar sexual assault case. Read …

by Future U/ February 28, 2018/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs/

Dr. Ruth Simmons, former president at both Brown University and Smith College, is the new president at Prairie View A&M …

by Future U/ February 27, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

Students organizing for change isn’t new, thank goodness. “Adults” take note. Written by Frank A. Fear, professor emeritus, Michigan State …

by Future U/ February 26, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Read Rachel Ida Buff’s interpretation from The Nation.

by Future U/ February 25, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

“We need to make higher education affordable…if we are going to have a workforce…to compete in the global marketplace….” Read …

by Future U/ February 24, 2018/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Read the latest from ESPN.

by Future U/ February 23, 2018/ MSU, News Briefs, Society/

Jean Boucher urged the MSU Board, “Step down! We need a psychological reset. We need a new MSU!” “Engler asked …

by Future U/ February 22, 2018/ Higher Ed, MSU/

Prof. Amy Wax co-authored an op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer, “Paying the Price for the Breakdown of the Country’s Bourgeois Culture. Read …

by Future U/ February 21, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

It depends, writes Derek Tharp in The Wall Street Journal. Aptitude and aspiration are key “yes” factors. Read more here.

by Future U/ February 20, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Read the details at The Sports Column.

by Future U/ February 19, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

“Faculty are increasingly hired on the Walmart model as temps.” Read more from AlterNet. 18

by Future U/ February 18, 2018/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

Read more from The Lansing State Journal.

by Future U/ February 17, 2018/ MSU, Public Higher Ed/

From the March 2017 White Paper published by The Association of Governing Boards of Colleges and Universities.

by Future U/ February 16, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

In Dec., Michigan State U. Trustees bestowed former President L.K. Simon with one of the university’s highest honors–the John Hannah …

by Future U/ February 15, 2018/ MSU, Perspectives/

“The vote was called largely in response to the board’s decision to name John Engler, a former Michigan governor, the …

by Future U/ February 14, 2018/ MSU, News Briefs/