Higher Ed Archive

PERSPECTIVES: American Public, University Presidents Differ Significantly on ‘Free Tuition’

From Pew Research Center: “Among all U.S. adults, 63% favor making tuition at public colleges free, including 37% who strongly favor …

by Future U/ March 26, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: How Higher Ed Can Lend a Hand to High School Seniors

Patrick O’Connor recommends a number of ways colleges and universities can help college-going high school seniors during this time of …

by Future U/ March 18, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: College Students Across the U.S. Form Mutual Aid Networks to Help Peers in Time of Need

At Wesleyan, a GoFundMe account raised over $45,000 in about a day. With a fundraising goal of $950,000, the intent …

by Future U/ March 17, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: For This Collegiate Athletic Association, It’s Sports as Usual

The National Collegiate Wrestling Association needs to be called out for its callous disregard of public health. Roger Barbee has …

by Future U/ March 16, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Should Universities Divest From Fossil Fuels? Sachs Says Yes

Jeffrey Sachs: “Students have pushed university administrators to divest, while administrators have pushed back, lecturing students about the “real world” …

by Future U/ March 15, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: ‘It’s All About Winning’ as Iona Hires Scandal-Plagued Rick Pitino as Head Basketball Coach

Pat Forde: “Pitino is a coaching genius. He is also a rules compliance disaster…. Iona will own every criticism out …

by Future U/ March 14, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Big Differences in Biden’s and Sanders’s Higher Ed Plans

Insider Higher Education does a comparison. Read more here.

by Future U/ March 9, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: College Education, Pathway to Social Mobility?

“I lived in a public housing…because I could no longer afford rent…. I had just quit my $15-an-hour receptionist job …

by Future U/ March 5, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Where Hype Meets Higher Education: “Learning Communities”

Is Steve Minz a provocateur, a truth-teller or both? “Learning communities speak to our highest aspirations: to make higher education …

by Future U/ March 4, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: UC San Diego Faculty to School Administrators: “Let’s Practice What We Research”

Faculty Task Force urges the university to “slash 300,000 tons of carbon dioxide UCSD puts into the air each year. …

by Future U/ March 3, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Univ of Oklahoma Students End Sit-in for Racial Justice

“Organized by the Black Emergency Response Team, known as BERT, ended Friday with the student group saying that progress had …

by Future U/ February 29, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: UC Santa Cruz Fires 54 Grad Teaching Assistants

The university said students engaged in a wildcat strike. “The students are striking for a $1,412-a-month cost-of-living adjustment, which they …

by Future U/ February 28, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: St. Louis University Survey Reveals Low Faculty Morale Amid Administrative Inaction

In response, did the SLU president hire a ‘crisis manager’ as his chief of staff? Read more from ‘Saving SLU.”

by Future U/ February 27, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: ‘Mo’ Money, Mo’ Money!’ is Clarion Call in Higher Ed Philanthropy

An “arms race” is underway throughout the country for private philanthropy to offset state funding shortfalls. Here is the skinny …

by Future U/ February 26, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: NYT’s David Leonhardt Promotes Bloomberg’s College Plan

From The New York Times Opinion, February 18, 2020: Bloomberg’s plan focuses on need, quality, and cost.

by Future U/ February 25, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/