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PERSPECTIVES: Undervalued Public Scholarship Should Be Higher Ed Priority

“As universities face pressure to demonstrate their value, engaged scholarship is more important than ever,” Diana Brazzell writes in Inside …
by Future U/ February 13, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Woe is Higher Ed! The Fight to Save Languages From the Curricular Ax

Fort Lewis College (CO), like so many other lower-tier schools, is eliminating languages in exchange for offering students ‘marketable skills.’ …
by Future U/ February 12, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Where, Oh Where, Is The History Major?

“The reason that students at Yale and places like it can “afford” to major in history is that they have …
by Future U/ February 11, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: These Scholars Support Open Presidential Searches

Professors Wilde and Finkelstein authored this letter to RECLAIM MSU. In it, they share the results of their research work …
by Future U/ February 10, 2019/ MSU, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Michigan St. Faculty Circulate Petition…Again…This Time About Over-the-Top Compensation Package for Dismissed Administrator

Faculty voice exercised about the outrageous contract executed by the Engler administration and MSU Board: “MSU will pay former top …
by Future U/ February 9, 2019/ MSU, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: Higher Education IS Political!

Inger Bergom and Spencer Piston cite Grinnell College as a case in point. Read more from Inside Higher Education.
by Future U/ February 8, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: “Young’s Contract, Another MSU Misstep,” Lansing State Journal

Read LSJ’s editorial opinion here.
by Future U/ February 7, 2019/ Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: UM Students Focus On Inequality

Meaghan Wheat and Lauren Schandevel help launch a minor area of study on social class and inequality. Read more here …
by Future U/ February 6, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: What We Know About MSU’s Presidential Search

Not a lot, but what we know is summarized by RJ Wolcott of the Lansing State Journal. Read more here,
by Future U/ February 5, 2019/ MSU, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Union of Concerned Scientists Statement ‘On Attacks to Science’

UCS presents a list of the ways the Trump Administration is attacking science, undermining scientists, and sidelining the use of …
by Future U/ February 4, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Student Debt Crisis Doesn’t End With Retirement

“Graying of American debt,” The NY Fed Reserve calls it. Politico reports that “debt held by borrowers between the ages …
by Future U/ February 3, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Shakeout in the College Ranks Continues. This Time It’s Hampshire College

Noted author Jon Krakauer comments on the possible closing/merger of his alma mater. It’s from The New York Times.
by Future U/ February 2, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: No Surprises In Trustee Ferguson’s Profanity-Laced Interview

“I had enough guts and balls to represent the university,” Joel Ferguson told The City Pulse. “Despite attacks, ‘I’m not …
by Future U/ February 1, 2019/ MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Dept. of Ed Findings Re MSU & Title IX Violations, “About As Serious As It Gets”

Read a summary interpretation of the report and what it could mean for Michigan State going forward. It’s from ESPN.
by Future U/ January 31, 2019/ MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVE: Engler’s Resignation Letter Is Revealing

“No matter how many warnings Engler was given, his next gaffe was always just around the corner. For as callous …
by Future U/ January 30, 2019/ MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/
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