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NEWS BRIEFS: GVSU’s Scholarship Offers to 8th Graders Said to Be “Among First in the Nation”

Scholarships offered to all 8th Grade graduates of Detroit Achievement Academy. Three more schools to follow.

by Future U/ June 11, 2022/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Biden’s Student Debt Reduction Plan Expected Later this Summer

"Biden is considering forgiving around $10k in student debt per borrower for all borrowers earning less than $150k a year."

by Future U/ June 8, 2022/ Public Higher Ed/

USA Today Investigation: Title IX, Some Schools are “Rigging the Numbers”

"Despite tremendous gains during the past five decades, many colleges and universities fall short, leaving women struggling for equal footing.."

by Future U/ June 7, 2022/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: In Academe as in Broader Society “The Currency is Attention”

"Higher education is being gamed by its business model."

by Future U/ June 6, 2022/ Audio, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: At University of Kansas, It’s Not Whether to Cut Academic Programs, But How Many Will Be Cut

KU faculty want to save 14 of the 42 proposed program cuts.

by Future U/ June 4, 2022/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: One Way Right-Wing Money is Infiltrating Higher Education

"They do not support education as an end in itself, but as a means to an end that they should …

by Future U/ June 2, 2022/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Numbers Show How Michigan Universities Handled Vaccine Mandates

MSU + UM: 500+ employees were terminated/2500+ students were suspended or placed on academic hold.

by Future U/ June 1, 2022/ Higher Ed, MSU, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: “It’s Meant to Get Students Dreaming about High Academics”

Nineteen Michigan high schools sent 70%+ of their 2021 graduates to college despite having a student population that was 40%+ …

by Future U/ May 31, 2022/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Florida’s “Stop WOKE Act” Misconstrues Higher Education

"Indeed, if the social sciences can be stifled for political reasons, so can any discipline deemed troublesome."

by Future U/ May 28, 2022/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: (On the Elimination of MSU’s Men’s & Women’s Swimming and Diving) “I’m told I need to move on, find another hobby and leave the sport that has molded my identity since I was 4 years old.”

"I will continue to “beat the broken drum” and just keep swimming until it’s impossible for the administration to ignore …

by Future U/ May 24, 2022/ MSU, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: WI Republicans Slam UW-Madison Chancellor Appointment

Mnookin was criticized "for her support for CRT and vaccine mandates and meeting with President Biden’s son Hunter Biden."

by Future U/ May 20, 2022/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Activist Group Influences MSU BOT Nomination Outcome

The group, POSSE, targeted incumbent Melanie Foster, who the party did not nominate.

by Future U/ May 17, 2022/ MSU/

PERSPECTIVE: NY Times Editorial Board’s Cogent Argument about Student Debt

"An across-the-board cancellation would be tremendously regressive,"

by Future U/ May 16, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: It’s Time to Reconcile the Connection Betweem Student Needs and Faculty Expectations

Meeting students where they are needs to be reconciled with meeting faculty where they are.

by Future U/ May 13, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: University Athletic Director Fired Because of Non-Competitiveness in NIL Marketplace

“Where we erred was focusing on educating our athletes about NIL and not just collecting cash and paying kids to …

by Future U/ May 11, 2022/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Society/