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PERSPECTIVES: Wagner College President Says “Higher Ed Has a Civic Imperative”

RICHARD GUARASCI: “The renewal of higher learning must begin with the reestablishment of its civic mission—a mission not limited to …

by Future U/ September 18, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

The Super Spreader Called ‘Attending a College Football Game’

College sports fans are putting themselves in harm’s way, and institutional leaders are enablers.

by Roger Barbee/ September 17, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Protests Continue at University of Michigan

“Anger from faculty members, staff, and students toward the Michigan administration had been brewing for months, but in early September, …

by Future U/ September 16, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Organizing Effort Targets More Coronavirus Testing, Increased Transparancy at Michigan State U.

Professor Sarah Reckhow: “MSU must immediately develop an effective, large-sample, and mandatory off-campus COVID-19 testing program for students, and MSU …

by Future U/ September 14, 2020/ MSU, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Can the American University Be Saved?

“For years, the university system has been operating on borrowed time….. This house of cards, built on exploitation, anti-intellectualism, and …

by Future U/ September 12, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Faculty, Graduate Students, and Staff Speak Out For an Anti-Racist Cornell University

“Cornell remains a site of entrenched racial disparities, mirroring, in many ways, the larger failings of the nation as an …

by Future U/ September 11, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Leadership Taken by UCLA’s Black Student Athlete Alliance

“If you have education without action or you have action without education, it’s not really bringing everything together,” said UCLA …

by Future U/ September 10, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Michigan State Student Leader Talks About Responding to Public Racism

“When it became apparent that The Rock on Farm Lane was damaged, and “BLM sucks” was painted on a nearby …

by Future U/ September 9, 2020/ MSU, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: KU Students Protest School Opening, Plan Strike

“A group of University of Kansas students went on a strike from classes on Monday to protest the opening of …

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

NEWS BRIEFS: University of Michigan Grad Instructors to Strike

“The University of Michigan Graduate Employee Organization will go on strike Tuesday as classes begin on campus, citing concerns over …

by Future U/ September 7, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: How NCAA Scholarship Policies Suppress Athlete Activism

Katie Lever: “It’s always been risky for athletes to organize because, in spite of NCAA rules that regulate the cancellation, …

by Future U/ September 7, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: The Time Has Come–IRBs for Major University-Level Decisions

“The job of Institutional Review Boards is to approve research involving human subjects. The ethicists, scientists, and community members who …

by Future U/ September 6, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Koch Network Influence Felt at George Mason and Tufts

For years, activists have warned about slanted work emanating from Koch-influenced Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Now, add The …

by Future U/ September 5, 2020/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: U Michigan Reopens Amid Allegations of Lack of Transparency and Cronyism

From THE MICHIGAN DAILY: “Authoritarianism happens wherever an institution lacks the safeguards to hold its leadership accountable to facts. I …

by Future U/ September 4, 2020/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Disdain for the Less Educated Is the Last Acceptable Prejudice”

“In 2016, two-thirds of whites without a college degree voted for Mr. Trump, while Hillary Clinton won more than 70 …

by Future U/ September 3, 2020/ Perspectives, Society/

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