February 2019 - Future U

NEWS BRIEFS: 400 People Sign Change.org Petition To Open MSU Presidential Search

Open vs. closed? MSU Trustees say closed. Nearly 400 others say open it up to accommodate collegial engagement. Read more from …

by Future U/ February 27, 2019/ MSU, News Briefs/

“Student loans make up the majority of the $1,005,000,000,000 owed by this cohort (19-29 years of age),” Bloomberg reports. Read more …

by Future U/ February 26, 2019/ News Briefs, Society/

These marchers were out-of-state protesters, but the NCAA and the Southeastern Conference “do not stage championship events in MS because …

by Future U/ February 25, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

John Smyth is the author of The Toxic University. In his review, Filip Vostal writes: “Academics are profoundly passive…from the ‘invasion’ …

by Future U/ February 24, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

AG will determine if Perles’ resignation was associated with a quid pro quo–his early resignation as trustee in exchange for waiving …

by Future U/ February 23, 2019/ MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Professor BethAnn McLaughlin, an assistant professor at Vanderbilt, founded #MeTooSTEM. Read about her situation at Inside Higher Education.

by Future U/ February 22, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

“Opening Mich St. U’s presidential search to public scrutiny could result in ‘a very difficult process,’ interim president Satish Udpa …

by Future U/ February 21, 2019/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs/

So says Chuck Moss, MSU alum and former state representative (Michigan’s 40th District). Engler did what the MSU Board asked him …

by Future U/ February 20, 2019/ MSU, Perspectives, Society/

News sources reported that Bob Young’s payout would be the remainder of his $1.275 million contract. Professor Catherine Lindell, associate …

by Future U/ February 19, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

Fewer than 1% of doctorates in math are awarded to African-Americans. Here’s a story about one of those few. It’s …

by Future U/ February 18, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

The answer might surprise you. Read the analysis by Professors Hemelt, Stange, Farquim, Simon, and Sawyer, published by the National …

by Future U/ February 17, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

In Two Cheers for Higher Education, Brint offers a balanced view of the enterprise. Read Steven Mintz’s review in Inside Higher …

by Future U/ February 16, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

To the tune of nearly $50 billion dollars in 2017-18, up over 7% year-over-year. A handful of universities–about twenty–lead the …

by Future U/ February 15, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

Emily Witt writes for The New Yorker.

by Future U/ February 14, 2019/ Perspectives, Society/

“As universities face pressure to demonstrate their value, engaged scholarship is more important than ever,” Diana Brazzell writes in Inside …

by Future U/ February 13, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/