June 2019 - Future U

Monthly Archive: September 2025

NEWS BRIEFS: Trump Administration Axes Obama-Era Rule That Protected Students Against Predatory Higher Ed

On Friday, “the Trump administration revoked a rule that terminated federal funding for-profit college programs that consistently left graduates with …

by Future U/ June 30, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: National Group Takes Swipe at Michigan State

Investigative Reporters and Editors, the largest organization of investigative reporters, awarded MSU its 2019 “Golden Padlock” award. The award “is …

by Future U/ June 29, 2019/ MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Pressured? Survey Says ….

“Of 500 college athletic trainers surveyed (nationally), about 3 in 5 said they had been pressured at some point (by …

by Future U/ June 28, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: “Hey, Chancellor, Where Did You Hide the Money?”

For Cal State is was $1 billion. Investigators found it. “By failing to disclose this surplus, the Chancellor’s Office has …

by Future U/ June 27, 2019/ Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Students Seek Alternatives to Mainstream Higher Education

Molly Worthen writes: “The proliferation of programs…will push mainstream universities to recover the moral component of their mission, and to …

by Future U/ June 26, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Meritocracy Under Seige? Then, Again, What’s Meritorious?

Who, exactly, are ‘the winners?’ And what is the price of getting ahead and achieving? If it’s accomplished “without reference …

by Future U/ June 25, 2019/ Articles, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Researchers Release Report on Impact of State Funding Declines on Higher Education

Professor Bound, et al. found differential impacts by institutional type. They write: “First, public research universities may be unable to …

by Future U/ June 24, 2019/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Crony Capitalism Under the Guise of Philanthropy at University of Tulsa

Professor Jacob Howland is McFarlin Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tulsa. His article appeared in The Nation.

by Future U/ June 23, 2019/ Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: MSU Hires Law Firm To Investigate Nassar Handling

It’s the second time that the university has committed resources to study what happened and how. Michigan Attorney General Dana …

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

NEWS BRIEFS: University of California Addresses Admissions Fraud

The safeguards “include stronger verification of claims on students’ applications, reviews of potential links between donors and applicants, and stricter …

by Future U/ June 21, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: New Tax Law Has Implications for Collegiate Philanthropy

Tax benefits from philanthropy come by way of itemizing, and 90% of filers last year didn’t. Higher ed could see …

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

PERSPECTIVES: Higher Education’s ‘Competition Fetish”

Professor Rajani Naidoo: “The competition fetish produces the conviction that ‘there is no alternative.'” It’s the business of higher education, the …

by Future U/ June 19, 2019/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: With Election 2020 Looming, ‘Free’ College is on the Political Radar

Eighteen of the 23 Democratic candidates have announced support for tuition-free higher education (in one form or another). Twenty states …

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

PERSPECTIVES: The Corruption of Higher Education

Without repentance—mea culpa ringing across the sector—followed by a shift to progressive leadership (an approach that embraces authenticity, transparency, and …

by Frank Fear/ June 17, 2019/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: University Administrator, “Competition in Higher Ed is a Fetish”

While it’s the predominant fashion in higher education today, it aims “is little more than competition for its own sake,” …

by Future U/ June 16, 2019/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/