Monthly Archive: September 2019

NEWS BRIEFS: Going Back to College Is a Trend (well, sort of)

It’s going back to school … as in living on campus in retirement. Alma mater wants you back! New York …

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

NEWS BRIEFS: UCLA Had Evidence in 2014 That Singer Was Up To Something

LA Times: “The first indication of trouble came in a phone call to the school on May 13, 2014. The …

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

NEWS BRIEFS: Students Strike for Action on Climate Change … and More

Jamie Margolin is a 17-year-old high school senior, founder of The Zero Hour. Her essay was published in The New York …

by Future U/ September 20, 2019/ Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Headline in the Chicago Tribune, ‘Sad Saga at MSU Won’t End’ (recent story, nah, it’s from 1994)

Twenty-five years later most of the principals are gone except for two who have figured prominently in the current era–Ferguson …

by Future U/ September 19, 2019/ MSU, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: An Alternative View to Michigan’s Public Ed’s Funding Plight

James Hohman, fiscal policy director, Mackinac Center for Public Policy writes: “Stop pleading poverty, Michigan colleges. Taxpayers are plenty generous.” …

by Future U/ September 18, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: COI in MSU Trustees’ Business Partnership?

Find the Board’s COI policy here (see Sections II and VIII). Read an article about the circumstance in question. Who …

by Future U/ September 17, 2019/ MSU, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: When Privilege Affects the Public Policy Debate

As the struggle continues to find public policy solutions to the neo-plantation, neo-sweatshop nature of revenue-producing college sports, Tim Tebow …

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

NEWS BRIEFS: MSU Student Body President Calls for ‘Transparency and Accountability’

“We hope the university moves toward a culture that promotes transparency, prioritizes accountability and fosters a safe environment,” said Mario …

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

NEWS BRIEFS: Unanimous Vote by California Legislators Sets Up Confrontation with NCAA

The NCAA has had time and opportunities to reform America’s college sports system. Instead, the NCAA has focused on building …

by Future U/ September 14, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: In College Affordability, Report Says Most Public Flagship Universities Have Things Upside-Down

Institute for Higher Ed Policy: “Only the relatively wealthiest students can afford to attend most public flagship institutions. IHEP found …

by Future U/ September 13, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Nassar Victims to MSU’s Stanley, ‘It’s Either Action or Silence’

MSU President Samuel Stanley is declining a call from some Larry Nassar survivors to restart an independent investigation, Michigan Radio …

by Future U/ September 12, 2019/ MSU, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: California One Step Closer to Enabling Financial Benefits for College Athletes’ Likeness Usage

California lawmakers have approved a bill that would allow players in the state to profit off their name, image, and …

by Future U/ September 11, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Insiders Blow Whistle on President’s Self-Dealing at Liberty University

“In interviews over the past eight months, they depicted how Falwell and his wife, Becki, consolidated power at Liberty University …

by Future U/ September 10, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Nonpartisan Think Tank, “Michigan Has a College Affordability Crisis”

“Higher education’s percentage of budgetary expenditures in Michigan ranks close to the bottom among states, and state appropriations per student …

by Future U/ September 9, 2019/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: In New Book, Wendy Brown Explores How Intensification of Neoliberalism Contributed To “Apocalyptic Populism”

Brown’s book, In the Ruins of Neoliberalism: The Rise of Antidemocratic Politics in the West, is available from Columbia University …

by Future U/ September 8, 2019/ Books, Neoliberalism, Society/