January 2023 - Future U

PERSPECTIVES: R. Barbara Gitenstein, “Promising Honorifics in a President’s Employment Contract (rather than in an exit agreement), Doesn’t Represent Best Practice”

Benefits often do not align with "the upheaval they (former university presidents/chancellors) leave behind."

by Future U/ January 31, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

"The rankings measure more about the students who enter the school than about (those) who graduate or about the substance/ …

by Future U/ January 30, 2023/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

"The Title IX suit settlement announced in mid-January does not guarantee the return of varsity swimming, but it does hold …

by Future U/ January 29, 2023/ MSU, Perspectives/

Multiple factors are contributing to collegiate enrollment declines nationally.

by Future U/ January 28, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"As many as 10,000 fewer high school graduates chose college last fall."

by Future U/ January 27, 2023/ Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"It makes tenured professors accountable, just like anyone else. You take the private sector—you’re accountable to a boss.”

by Future U/ January 26, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

"DeSantis administration has implemented a barrage of changes regarding how universities and community colleges function."

by Future U/ January 25, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

WVU faculty member: It's "a new mechanism to terminate any faculty, whether tenured or not."

by Future U/ January 24, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

"The African American history course was to be a part of the College Board's slate of advanced placement courses in …

by Future U/ January 23, 2023/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Society/

"Previous administration ignored their responsibility to hold colleges accountable for misrepresentation to the public."

by Future U/ January 22, 2023/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs/

"MSU was set to cut the team (the women's and men's swimming and diving teams) as early as the fall …

by Future U/ January 21, 2023/ MSU, News Briefs/

"Some professors are redesigning their courses, including handwritten assessments instead of typed ones."

by Future U/ January 20, 2023/ Education, Higher Ed, Perspectives/

"Let us be grownups about this and approach this honestly."

by Future U/ January 19, 2023/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

If a mature athlete wants to try a “quick-fix” formula for success, so be it. However, I highly recommend academic …

by Roger Barbee/ January 18, 2023/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

From Inside Higher Education: “The union is requesting, among other things, a $61,000 minimum salary for non-tenure-track faculty and $77,000 …

by Future U/ January 17, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/