Monthly Archive: December 2019

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/

NEWSBRIEFS: No Settlement Reached in Second Wave Lawsuits Against MSU

“The cases are part of the 160-plus complaints filed as part of the second wave of lawsuits against MSU in …

by Future U/ April 23, 2019/ MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Students and Alumni Reflect on Their HBCU Experiences

Read their commentaries from the Los Angeles Times.

by Future U/ April 22, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWSBRIEFS: In Higher Ed, Administration Positions Pay Off … Unless You’re a Woman or Person-of-Color

“The share of women in all of the lowest-paid dean positions was 47 percent,” reports The Chronicle of Higher Education. …

by Future U/ April 21, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

NEWSBRIEFS: Students and Faculty Protest Men-Only Slate of Presidential Finalists

“Twenty-eight student organizations and forty-six faculty members faculty signed an open letter that was read aloud during a Univ. of …

by Future U/ April 20, 2019/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWSBRIEFS: “I Can’t Do This Anymore,” a U-Colorado Trustee Said, Voting Against Football

“I don’t believe it can be played safely anymore. I want these young men to leave CU with minds that …

by Future U/ April 19, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The ‘Death’ of Education

W.J. Astore writes: “Nowadays, education in America is about…learning for the sake of earning, i.e. developing so-called marketable skills that …

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

PERSPECTIVES: When a $75k+ Price Tag is Anything But

At Yale, “families with household incomes of less than $65,000 are not expected to contribute any funds to pay for …

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

PERSPECTIVES: Engler Has Time For Many Things, But Not For MI’s Attorney General

“It’s a lot of game-playing that suggests the former governor doesn’t quite grasp the gravity of this situation, a posture …

by Future U/ April 16, 2019/ MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/