May 2018 – Future U

NEWS BRIEFS: Dems & Repubs Generally Agree On College Worth, But …

… they are far apart regarding government’s role in paying for it. New America’s findings are analyzed in Inside Higher Education.

by Future U/ May 21, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

From The Detroit Free Press, reforms might include: changing the Board’s governance structure; mandating that the new president be approved …

by Future U/ May 20, 2018/ MSU, Perspectives/

The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Sarah Brown interviewed MSU’s interim chief.

by Future U/ May 19, 2018/ MSU, Perspectives/

Here’s an interactive source published by The Wall Street Journal. The database includes graduates from 445 schools across the country.

by Future U/ May 18, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

Read how African Americans are fighting back against racism. It’s from The Nation.

by Future U/ May 17, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

From NYT: “By focusing on retaining low-income students, rather than just enrolling them, the college raised its graduation rate to 54% …

by Future U/ May 16, 2018/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

“Decades of conservative attacks on higher ed have succeeded in creating an image of the college teacher as radical, elitist, …

by Future U/ May 15, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Boston University’s Ellen Ruppel Shell says it depends on who you are demographically and the status of the school where you matriculate. …

by Future U/ May 14, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board thinks so. It’s because The Left has issues with some of GMU’s funding sources.

by Future U/ May 13, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

A thoughtful essay by David Leonhardt of The New York Times.

by Future U/ May 12, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Since 2003, CA tax breaks amounted to $18 billion while public tuition has risen 70%. Read the report, Restoring Opportunity.

by Future U/ May 11, 2018/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Catharine Bond Hill comments in Inside Higher Education.

by Future U/ May 10, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Robert Rubin gives thanks to a philosophy professor. Read more from The New York Times.

by Future U/ May 9, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Watch Zach Kaiser’s recent talk at Theorizing the Web 2018.

by Future U/ May 8, 2018/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

Text of a presentation made by Dr. Robert B. Richardson at Michigan State University, FutureU seminar series, April 13, 2018.

by Future U/ May 7, 2018/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/