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NEWS BRIEFS: UK Students Protest Campus Food Insecurity

University of Kentucky students participated in a hunger strike designed to pressure the school to address the issues of food …

by Future U/ April 30, 2019/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: How Do You Run Higher Ed ‘On the Cheap’?

The average part-time faculty member earns about $20k annually. And, for many, ‘part-time’ is a full-time job. Read more in …

by Future U/ April 29, 2019/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: HBO’s ‘At the Heart of Gold’ To Premiere May 3

Featuring exclusive interviews with survivors, HBO’s At the Heart of Gold looks at the shocking stories of the gymnasts who …

by Future U/ April 28, 2019/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: ESPN’S ‘Spartan Silence’ Wins Peabody Award

Since 1941, Peabody Awards spotlight programs that demonstrate how media can defend the public interest, encourage empathy, and expand understanding …

by Future U/ April 27, 2019/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “We Skimp on the Students Who Need the Most Help”

Richard D. Kahlenberg writes: “Year after year, policymakers have chosen to severely underfund America’s two-year community colleges with the full …

by Future U/ April 26, 2019/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Warren’s College Proposal Misses the Mark

Catherine Rampell argues that Warren’s plan gives “bigger benefits to higher-income families than to lower-income ones that actually need the …

by Future U/ April 25, 2019/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Unjust College Aid System Creates Systematic Barriers for America’s Lower-Income Students

Emmaline Clein writes: “Ninety percent of students’ whose federal financial-aid applications require “verification,” an audit to prove their self-reported financial status, …

by Future U/ April 24, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/