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NEWS BRIEFS: U of Oregon Scales Back on Branding Campaign

“The original campaign was inane and insulting,” Bill Harbaugh, economics prof & president-elect, U of O’s University Senate. Read more.

by Future U/ January 20, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: SCOTUS and Affirmative Action

Here’s analysis from The New York Times on prospects regarding a SCOTUS ruling on Affirmative Action.

by Future U/ January 18, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

CONFERENCE: “Beyond Sound Bites,” Leadership, Diversity, and Dialogue

Sustained Dialogue Campus Network, March 18-20, University of Tampa

by Future U/ January 18, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: USC Dean Offers Strategies to Rejuvenate Public Broadcasting

Public broadcasting has an important role in today’s highly corporatized media environment. Dean Ernest Wilson says how (video and text).

by Future U/ January 18, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: University President Comments on Campus “Safe Spaces”

Morton Schapiro, president of Northwestern University, speaks persuasively about why campuses “safe spaces” are important.

by Future U/ January 18, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: NYC To Pay Greater Share of CUNY Costs

So says Gov. Cuomo in his just-unveiled state budget proposal. Read more here. “Shifting one-third of the cost of CUNY …

by Future U/ January 15, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Free Tuition in Harvard’s Future?

Many university endowments are at all-time highs with Harvard’s endowment at $38 billion. Is now the time for tuition-free undergrad education? Read more …

by Future U/ January 15, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Research on Higher Education’s Liberal-Conservative Continuum, Students & Faculty

“In the academy liberals now outnumber conservatives by roughly 5-to-1. But, among the general public, conservatives are considerably more prevalent than …

by Future U/ January 13, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Jack and Jill Collaborated on an Article …

…and recent research reveals that Jack is likely to get more credit than Jill. Details here.

by Future U/ January 11, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: New York State Launches College Program in State Prisons

Criticized as “Attica U” the governor says “prisons weren’t designed to be warehouses.” Read more here.

by Future U/ January 11, 2016/ Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: A Different Approach to the Psychodynamics of University Branding

Here’s an alternative to the standard, “We’re great!” (Source: The University of Western Sydney)

by Future U/ January 11, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: How To Talk On With One Another On Campus About … Well … Intimacy

Enabling important conversations designed to reduce the frequency of campus sexual assaults. Read more here.

by Future U/ January 10, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Black Athletes Exploited by Revenue-Based College Athletics

At schools in the 6 big-time athletic conferences, African-Americans comprise about 2/3rds of college football & basketball players…and about 3% …

by Future U/ January 9, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The Rise of “The Administered University”

The time of scholars leading has been replaced by business-types administering. Lo’ the modern university. Read Benjamin Ginsberg’s critique here.

by Future U/ January 9, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: How to Fire A Controversial Tenured Professor

It’s the culmination of a case reported earlier on this site. James Tracy was fired by Florida Atlantic Univ. Why? How? Read on.

by Future U/ January 8, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

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