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NEWS BRIEFS: In New Book, Scholars Explore ‘The Gig Academy’

In The Gig Academy: Mapping Labor in the Neoliberal University, Adrianna Kezar, Tom DePaola, and Daniel T. Scott es describe the …

by Future U/ October 10, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

“California’s initiative to allow college athletes to profit from their talent is a boon especially for women and competitors in …

by Future U/ October 9, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

What happened at the University of Virginia in September 1826 becomes a matter of public knowledge, discussion, and perhaps more. …

by Future U/ October 8, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

“If they cared about what we thought, we wouldn’t be in this position, to begin with,” Prof. Garrett Felber said …

by Future U/ October 7, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

How bad is it? How are schools responding? Here’s a new report from The Bridge.

by Future U/ October 6, 2019/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Grad students are demanding democracy in the workplace. Read more from Inequity.

by Future U/ October 5, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

“Days after California enacted a law allowing college athletes to sign endorsement deals, lawmakers in other states and in Congress …

by Future U/ October 4, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

The vote was prompted by faculty concerns about how USC’s presidential search was conducted. Read more here from The State …

by Future U/ October 3, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

Erik Gilbert in Inside Higher Education: “If a movement comes along that poses a serious threat to the status quo in …

by Future U/ October 2, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

Indiana University announced recently what may be the first comprehensive university policy on athlete violence. UT San Antonio has adopted …

by Future U/ September 30, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

“The governing board of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I conferences will not adopt rules that would have allowed …

by Future U/ September 29, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

“What is the likelihood that they will enjoy the benefits that drew my generation to college and university teaching?” In …

by Future U/ September 28, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

The New Yorker’s Lewis Menand explores the question in this far-reaching commentary. Read more here.

by Future U/ September 27, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

In 1997, Ramogi Huma and UCLA defensive back Ryan Roques founded a student group to advocate for athletes. Huma has …

by Future U/ September 26, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

When asked about the connection between higher education and the direction of the U.S., 67% of Democrats and Democrat-leaning Independents …

by Future U/ September 25, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/