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NEWS BRIEFS: National Survey–60% Think Public Higher Ed Funding Has Increased or Stayed The Same

“The disconnect between financial realities and public perception has far-reaching political implications,” said Tom Harnisch, director of state relations and …

by Future U/ March 4, 2019/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: The Company That Reduces Textbook Costs

Cengage provides all-you-can-read subscriptions (semester and year-long) that enable students to access textbooks online. Here’s how it’s being used at NC …

by Future U/ March 3, 2019/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: In “Priviledged Poor,” Author Describes How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students

Read Laura Pappano’s review from The Washington Post.

by Future U/ March 2, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Is It Academic Prioritization Or Disciplinary Culling?

“Higher ed has become a business /with/winners and losers. The biggest losers are a generation of students who are being …

by Future U/ March 1, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: 400 People Sign Change.org Petition To Open MSU Presidential Search

Open vs. closed? MSU Trustees say closed. Nearly 400 others say open it up to accommodate collegial engagement. Read more from …

by Future U/ February 27, 2019/ MSU, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: Millennials’ Debt Load Rises To $1 Trillion, Student Loans Figure Prominently

“Student loans make up the majority of the $1,005,000,000,000 owed by this cohort (19-29 years of age),” Bloomberg reports. Read more …

by Future U/ February 26, 2019/ News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Ole’ Miss Players Kneel as Pro-Confederates March in Oxford

These marchers were out-of-state protesters, but the NCAA and the Southeastern Conference “do not stage championship events in MS because …

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

PERSPECTIVES: In Book Review, Vostal Endorses Smyth’s Higher Education Critique

John Smyth is the author of The Toxic University. In his review, Filip Vostal writes: “Academics are profoundly passive…from the ‘invasion’ …

by Future U/ February 24, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: Free Press Says Michigan AG Is Investigating Possible Perles-MSU Deal

AG will determine if Perles’ resignation was associated with a quid pro quo–his early resignation as trustee in exchange for waiving …

by Future U/ February 23, 2019/ MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Faculty Activist’s Position In Jeopardy

Professor BethAnn McLaughlin, an assistant professor at Vanderbilt, founded #MeTooSTEM. Read about her situation at Inside Higher Education.

by Future U/ February 22, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Acting MSU President Supports Closed Presidential Search

“Opening Mich St. U’s presidential search to public scrutiny could result in ‘a very difficult process,’ interim president Satish Udpa …

by Future U/ February 21, 2019/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: “MSU Is Now a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Democratic Party”

So says Chuck Moss, MSU alum and former state representative (Michigan’s 40th District). Engler did what the MSU Board asked him …

by Future U/ February 20, 2019/ MSU, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: 200 MSU Faculty Sign Petition, Protest Administrator’s Payout

News sources reported that Bob Young’s payout would be the remainder of his $1.275 million contract. Professor Catherine Lindell, associate …

by Future U/ February 19, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: African American Academic Mathematicians Measured in Handfuls

Fewer than 1% of doctorates in math are awarded to African-Americans. Here’s a story about one of those few. It’s …

by Future U/ February 18, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Is Math Less Expensive To Teach Than English?

The answer might surprise you. Read the analysis by Professors Hemelt, Stange, Farquim, Simon, and Sawyer, published by the National …

by Future U/ February 17, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/