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NEWS BRIEFS: Why Are Smaller Collegiate Endowments Outperforming Larger Endowments?

On average, about 60% of big-scale endowments are “invested” in alternative options, such as hedge funds and private equity. Many smaller endowments don’t …

by Future U/ February 26, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Neoliberalism in Action — Education as Supply Chain Management

A tenet of neoliberalism is running everything like a business irrespective of the business you’re in. The Chamber of Commerce applies SCM to …

by Future U/ February 26, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Impact of Neoliberal Capitalism

Neoliberal capitalism. What is higher education’s role?

by Future U/ February 26, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Making a Case For The Humanities

Brown professor, Arnold Weinstein, writes expressively in this essay, published in The New York Times. “The humanistic model is sloppy. …

by Future U/ February 25, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The ‘Free College’ Myth

In a highly critiqued essay, Jeffrey Silingo, former editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education, says the idea isn’t worth pursuing.

by Future U/ February 24, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Tracking the 1% in Higher Education

“Less than 1 percent of the nation’s colleges received 28.7 percent of all gifts in 2015.” Case example: Stanford. “This …

by Future U/ February 24, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: “There’ll Be More Incentives to Electrical Engineers Than French Literature Majors. There Just Will.”

Will states moderate the flow of student funding based on college major? That’s the plan in some states. Read more.

by Future U/ February 22, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Who Speaks, Who Doesn’t On America’s Campuses?

The situation at Williams College draws attention, once again, to important questions about free speech.

by Future U/ February 22, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Why Campus Racism Persists

In this important essay, Robert Bruce Slater, editor of The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, outlines reasons why campus racism persists and …

by Future U/ February 22, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Improving College Access Isn’t Enough

With so many students leaving college before they graduate let’s make college completion a priority. How? Read more here.

by Future U/ February 22, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Forbes List of Top 50 U.S. Colleges and Universities

Loaded with exclusive liberal arts colleges, Ivy League universities, and elite private institutions (e.g., Duke, Stanford), the list includes few public …

by Future U/ February 21, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/