May 2019 - Future U

PERSPECTIVES: Calibrating College Majors By ROI?

If Senator Alexander’s proposal to revise The Higher Ed Act goes into effect, then “colleges will need to give much …

by Future U/ May 31, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

The LA Times Editorial Board says not. “It is a blunt instrument that won’t give colleges accurate information about individual …

by Future U/ May 30, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

MSU names a new president and the word of the day is circumspect. Let’s see what he does and how …

by Future U/ May 29, 2019/ MSU, Perspectives/

Among Yale undergraduates, there has been a nearly 65% decline in library checkouts over the past ten years. “University libraries …

by Future U/ May 28, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Fed researchers followed U.S. 9th Graders from 2009 forward. Read more from Inside Higher Education.

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

Pew Research did the research. Read more here.

by Future U/ May 26, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

In the old days, newspaper staff wrote articles about higher education. That’s still the case, of course. But there’s a …

by Future U/ May 25, 2019/ Public Higher Ed/

The New York Times investigated. Here’s what it found: “America has a dropout problem.” Read specifics here (including an analysis …

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

And U.S. News and World Report is doing just that. For two decades, the University of Oklahoma gave USNWP inflated …

by Future U/ May 23, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

“A new generation of plutocrats has amassed great fortunes, in part because the federal government has minimized the burden of …

by Future U/ May 22, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

“Oppression breeds resistance,” writes Pissed Off MSU. “Students and youth have fought back every step of the way… It is …

by Future U/ May 21, 2019/ MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

Jack Stripling of The Chronicle of Higher Education shares the story. Read more here.

by Future U/ May 20, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

MSU cut funding to the university’s student health and wellness program. What are the implications? Read more here.

by Future U/ May 19, 2019/ MSU, News Briefs, Society/

You may quibble with the #1 ranking, but most Americans would likely applaud the criteria used to compare the states: …

by Future U/ May 18, 2019/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

It’s a bad storyline for American higher education. Over a 12-year period … significant increase in the size of the …

by Future U/ May 17, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/