July 2018 - Future U

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NEWS BRIEFS: Allocations Suspended For Nassar Victims, Potential Fraud Is Reason

Circumstances weren’t made public about why. The ‘Healing Assistance Fund’ that was established by the university’s board of trustees. Read more …

by Future U/ July 31, 2018/ MSU, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: “He’ll Help Us Understand The Trump White House,” UVA Official

Controversial UVA hire brings an administrative response (defense). Read more at The Washington Post.

by Future U/ July 30, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: With Increase in State Funding, Penn State Will Freeze In-State Tuition

Read details from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

by Future U/ July 29, 2018/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: As College Football Season Looms, So Does The Use Of Toradol

When does use become overuse and, then, abuse? Here’s an investigative report from Denver’s FOX31 TV.

by Future U/ July 28, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: National Poll Finds Different Reasons For Higher Ed Concerns

Different concerns expressed by party affiliation. Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education.

by Future U/ July 27, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Charles Koch Foundation Will Publish List Of Higher Ed Grantees

“The foundation doled out roughly $90 million in gifts in 2017, much of it to colleges and universities. and more …

by Future U/ July 26, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: U.S. Senators Grill Engler During DC Hearing

Read details at The Detroit News.

by Future U/ July 25, 2018/ MSU, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: UNC Football Coach Minimizes CTE Risk, Extols Football

Larry Fedora believes football is under attack. Fedora’s soliloquy, delivered during a press conference, included minimizing the danger of playing …

by Future U/ July 24, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Enhancing Higher Ed’s ‘Democracy Function’

Higher ed presumably prepares students for engaging in civic life. But does it? Andrew J. Seligsohn and Thomas Erhlich think not but they say …

by Future U/ July 23, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: In Michigan, Are Legislative Choices Tied To Nassar Settlement?

“A $500 million settlement between MSU and victims of Larry Nassar includes a provision to stop the Michigan Legislature from passing sweeping Nassar-related …

by Future U/ July 22, 2018/ MSU, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: At UVA, Faculty, Students & Alums Respond To Trump-Related Hire

By last Friday, “more than 500 faculty, students, and alumni had signed a petition protesting the appointment of Marc Short, Trump’s former …

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

NEWS BRIEFS: With Alumni Giving Down, ‘Giving Days’ Offer Hope

Money. Money. Money. In 2017, Blackbaud reported that higher ed’s alumni-giving has dropped under 8%, down 2% from 2014. But targeted …

by Future U/ July 20, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Academic Freedom … Or Not?

“In defending its policy allowing the concealed carry of handguns in classrooms, the Univ. of Texas has taken a surprising …

by Future U/ July 19, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Implications Of America’s “Higher Education Deserts”

Even though America has an abundance of higher ed choices, there are “education deserts,” too (that is, no public college/university …

by Future U/ July 18, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Engler Appoints Insider As MSU AD

Engler reverses his promise to seek fresh, outside leadership via a national search. Read why at the Detroit Free Press.

by Future U/ July 17, 2018/ MSU, News Briefs/