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PERSPECTIVES: In a “New Normal,” Conventions from the “Old Normal” Just Won’t Do

A "new normal" is here.

by Future U/ August 31, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: With Grading These Days We “Perpetuate the Notion that Exceptional is Average and the Majority is Unique”

Nearly 50% of students graduate from high school with grades ranging from A- to A+.

by Future U/ August 30, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: State Funding Pattern for U.S. Doctoral/Research Universities, 2002-19 … Down

Negative numbers for all13 Big Ten public universities--from <1% at Rutgers to Michigan State's -12.6%

by Future U/ August 28, 2021/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: In “The Quantified Scholar,” Professor Pardo-Guerra Reveals How Metrics Influence Scholarship

"Slowly but surely, quantification systems reshaped academic departments, the interests of scholars, the organization of disciplines, and the employment conditions …

by Future U/ August 26, 2021/ Books, Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Infrastructure Spending, Administrative Bloat is Higher Education Storyline

Putting the cart before the horse is a higher ed storyline.

by Future U/ August 25, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS REPORTS: New Report Identifies College Spending as Prime Reason for Inflated College Costs

"The relentless increase in institutional spending contributes little to student success but contributes significantly to student debt."

by Future U/ August 23, 2021/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: ‘Abolitionist’ Scholarship/Practice Applied to Higher Education

"We negotiate two paths at once--reckoning with universities’ complicity while creating an alternative."

by Future U/ August 21, 2021/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Should Harvard, Yale Denounce Alumnus DeSantis?

Yes, says Yale alum, Daniel Alter.

by Future U/ August 20, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Rebecca Gordon’s Take on the Neoliberalization of Higher Ed

Gordon 'counts the ways' in her essay, published in Informed Consent.

by Future U/ August 19, 2021/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Felber Case at Ole’ Miss Stimulates This Response: “We Have Met the Enemy and It is Us”

"If we won't stand up for academic freedom, no one will."

by Future U/ August 17, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: On UCLA’s Mike Rose, “Once You Encountered It (his work), It is Impossible to Shake Its Influence”

"Here, take it (one of Rose's books). Read it. You'll find great value in it."

by Future U/ August 16, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: “A Campus Culture Committed to Discourse, Argument, and Lack of Deference”

"If you can’t speak freely, you’ll quickly lose the ability to think clearly."

by Future U/ August 15, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: When “The Politics of the Thing” Reigns Supreme

PSU's response protocols to COVID-19 are designed to "achieve health and safety...with as little polarization as possible."

by Future U/ August 14, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: U Nebraska Regents to Vote Friday on Resolution to Ban Critical Race Theory

U Nebraska Regents in the national spotlight.

by Future U/ August 13, 2021/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Colleges/Universities at High Risk Without Vaccine/Mask Mandate

"Amid a surge in coronavirus cases fueled by the spread of the highly transmissible Delta variant, faculty and staff are …

by Future U/ August 12, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/