July 2020 - Page 2 of 3

Monthly Archive: August 2025

PERSPECTIVES: In Responding to COVID-19, We Need to be Mindful of “The Culture of the Hallways”

“Posting a list of requirements or expectations for student behavior, plastering the list around campus, and sending emails to parents …

by Roger Barbee/ July 16, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Letter from A Student’s Parent to the Michigan State University Administration

“It is critically responsible for the administration to identify new risks, publicize those risks to all and, more importantly, allow …

by Future U/ July 15, 2020/ Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: What Do College Students Think About Campus Reopening?

In The New Yorker, author Masha Gessen asks: “Who knows what might happen if students were asked to take the …

by Future U/ July 14, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Amid Financial Crisis, NCAA Abandons National Leadership Role

In the face of the biggest financial crisis to ever hit college sports (caused by COVID-19), the NCAA has decided …

by Frank Fear/ July 13, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Faculty appeals to UNC system leaders: Don’t risk lives to reopen campuses”

Commentary from July 12 edition of The News and Observer.

by Future U/ July 12, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: “A Semester to Die For”

Nancy Welch is a professor of English, University of Vermont. She writes in Spectre.

by Future U/ July 11, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: At TIAA, CEO With A $21 Million Salary and ‘A Land Grab’

FROM THE MEDIUM: “TIAA is asking clients to vote by July 10 on a $21 million compensation package for CEO …

by Future U/ July 10, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Is British-Style Education Answer to COVID-19?

“In the classic tutorial system, students do most of their learning in small sessions that include the professor (or an …

by Future U/ July 9, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Fed Policy Limits Options for International Students

“International students will be forced to leave the U.S. or transfer to another college if their schools offer classes entirely …

by Future U/ July 8, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: Ole’ Miss Removes Confederate Statues, Will Build Memorial

Marching through campus with placards, “Abandon the Plans!,” University of Mississippi students “are demanding that the project be halted after …

by Future U/ July 7, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Newfound Recognition for Change Includes Renaming College Buildings/Programs

“Over the last month, a flurry of colleges has worked to align their recent statements against racial injustice with action …

by Future U/ July 6, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Op-Ed … NCAA Needs New Leadership

“In response to negative perceptions, Emmert (NCAA Mark Emmert) adopted similar self-preservation strategies of many successful college presidents. He has …

by Future U/ July 5, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: “College Leaders Will Be Judged By Their Actions”

Professor Johnathan Charles Flowers argues that what Sara Ahmed describes as “image work” (that is, language that portrays an institution as …

by Future U/ July 4, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Soon-to-Be-Published Book Looks at Survivor-Enabler Link

Armies of Enablers (to be published on Sept 1 by the American Bar Association) “focuses on cases of sexual assault …

by Future U/ July 3, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: America’s College Athletes Are Speaking Out/Organizing for Social Justice

University of Iowa’s Kaevon Merriweather: “I would rather play in front of 1,000 fans who care about us as people outside …

by Future U/ July 2, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/