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NEWS BRIEFS: New Report Finds More Black and Hispanic Students Left College Than Are Enrolled

Black and Hispanic students constitute 43% of 39 million students who left college nationally and are 34% of the nation's …

by Future U/ May 10, 2022/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVE: What’s Happening at Grinnell Gives Hope

The college president endorses the outcome of an election that expands an on-campus union to cover every student worker.

by Future U/ April 30, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Why Michigan State’s Enrollment is Increasing

One reason is MSU's 76% acceptance rate, one of the highest rates in the Big Ten.

by Future U/ April 27, 2022/ MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Graduating Lower-Income Students? Most Michigan Public and Private Universities are Below National Average

Best performers are the University of Michigan (public) and Kalamazoo College (private)

by Future U/ April 26, 2022/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The Case for Eliminating Student Debt

"Debt (is disproportionately distributed) by burdening Black students and women, (and affecting) prospects for homeownership, starting a family, and saving …

by Future U/ April 24, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: How/Why Calvin’s Center for Social Research Became a “Legal Entity” Independent of the University

The provost asked her two questions: “Had (she) been married to a woman since the fall of 2021, and had …

by Future U/ April 23, 2022/ Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: “We Ain’t Woke. We’re Conservative!”

"How to Be an Antiracist" in a course syllabus was seen as promoting Critical Race Theory.

by Future U/ April 19, 2022/ Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: More on CMU’s Steep Undergraduate Enrollment Drop

A major issue won't be admitted or discussed publicly.

by Future U/ April 18, 2022/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Florida’s Dept of Ed Bans Math Textbooks, Critical Race Theory Among Reasons

From CNN: “The Florida Department of Education announced Friday the state has rejected more than 50 math textbooks from next …

by Future U/ April 17, 2022/ Education, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “English?! Who Needs English?”

Cuts at Purdue questioned.

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

PERSPECTIVES: The End of Neoliberalism?

Neoliberalism "was able to attract such strange bedfellows as Steve Jobs and Barry Goldwater, Ralph Nader and Ronald Reagan, and …

by Future U/ April 15, 2022/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Larry Busch on “What Good is Higher Education?”

Keynote presentation, "Neoliberalism and Public Higher Education"

by Future U/ April 13, 2022/ Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society, Video/

NEWS BRIEFS: With Varsity Teams Eliminated, MSU Swimmers Join Club Team, Earn National Crown

"We are ready to resume at the varsity level as soon as they are." Travis Nitkiewicz, MSU junior.

by Future U/ April 12, 2022/ MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Is “Institutional Complacency” the Reason for CMU’s Steep Enrollment Drop?

CMU's enrollment has dropped 12k students from 27k undergrads (2012) to 15k undergrads (2022).

by Future U/ April 11, 2022/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Student Debt Crisis Hits Black Women Hardest

"Black women carry more student debt per capita, carry it for longer, make less money, and have less help when …

by Future U/ April 10, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/