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Monthly Archive: January 2023

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/

PERSPECTIVES: Seasoned Presidential Leader Tapped To Lead An HBCU

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/

PERSPECTIVES: Celebrating Students As Agents Of Change

Students organizing for change isn’t new, thank goodness. “Adults” take note. Written by Frank A. Fear, professor emeritus, Michigan State …
by Frank Fear/ February 26, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: What’s Happening To Wisconsin’s Higher Education System? (“Ruinous,” UW Stout Student Senate)

Read Rachel Ida Buff’s interpretation from The Nation.
by Future U/ February 25, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Tom Watkins On Why Tuition-Free College Makes Sense

“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/

NEWS BRIEFS: Report, More Universities Implicated In FBI Basketball Corruption Probe

Read the latest from ESPN.
by Future U/ February 23, 2018/ MSU, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Engler To MSU Faculty Member, “You’re Trapped In The Past”

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/

PERSPECTIVES: Backlash From An Op-Ed On Society

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/

PERSPECTIVES: New Angle On An Old Question, “Is College Worth It?

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/

NEWS ARTICLES: News Reports Say FBI Has Evidence of Widespread Corruption in Major College Basketball

Read the details at The Sports Column.
by Future U/ February 19, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: Chomsky, “Welcome to Wal-Mart!”

“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/

PERSPECTIVES: LSJ, “People called Lou Anna Simon one of MSU’s best presidents. Then came Larry Nassar.”

Read more from The Lansing State Journal.
by Future U/ February 17, 2018/ MSU, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Shared Governance, You Say? Here’s What AGB Has To Say

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/

PERSPECTIVES: MSU Professor Critiques “Gilded Presidency”

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/

NEWS BRIEFS: MSU Faculty Senate Votes 61-4 ‘No Confidence’ in University’s Trustees

“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/
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