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NEWS ARTICLES: News Reports Say FBI Has Evidence of Widespread Corruption in Major College Basketball

Read the details at The Sports Column.

by Future U/ February 19, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: Chomsky, “Welcome to Wal-Mart!”

“Faculty are increasingly hired on the Walmart model as temps.” Read more from AlterNet. 18

by Future U/ February 18, 2018/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Shared Governance, You Say? Here’s What AGB Has To Say

From the March 2017 White Paper published by The Association of Governing Boards of Colleges and Universities.

by Future U/ February 16, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: On The Cost Of Higher Education … To Society

Julian Vigo: “A capitalist approach to higher education…/is an/…entry pass into the job market while depriving students of the critical skills …

by Future U/ February 13, 2018/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Faculty Governance After Nassar

Written by Richard Peterson, professor emeritus, Department of Philosophy, Michigan State University

by Future U/ February 10, 2018/ Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: Is The Decline In The Number Of International Students Good For America, Higher Ed?

No, UCSB’s Dick Startz wrote recently in Brookings. Read more here.

by Future U/ February 9, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Higher Ed Rushes To Offer Degrees in Entrepreneurship … What About Social Justice?

Here’s a case example of a school that’s offering academic work in social justice. Read more from Yes!

by Future U/ February 8, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Academics Speaking Out About Public Issues

Universities should encourage it, write the Editors of Scientific American. Read more here.

by Future U/ February 7, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Detroit Free Press Raises Questions About U. of Michigan’s Endowment

Why isn’t the university doing more to help today’s students? Read more here.

by Future U/ February 4, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Australian Universities At Crossroads

Bill Lacy and colleagues weigh in. Their report was published by The Berkeley Center For Studies in Higher Education. australian_universities_at_a_crossroads

by Future U/ February 2, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: New York Times Editorial Position: Time’s Up, MSU Board

MSU Board should be removed. Read more here.

by Future U/ February 1, 2018/ Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: Britain’s On/Off Again Effort To Regulate Higher Education

Read two stories from The Guardian: “Toby Young to help lead government’s new universities regulator” and “Toby Young resigns from …

by Future U/ January 23, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Notre Dame Prof Asserts That Higher Ed Is Drowning in BS…and That’s No BS

Christian Smith offers a snippet of why he’s upset with higher ed. Read him at Right-Mind. (The original/full essay is …

by Future U/ January 22, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Competition, Social Media, Perfection, and Today’s College Students

Social media use has had an impact on the desire to get things “just right.” Read more in this essay.

by Future U/ January 18, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: There’s New Help In Calculating College Costs

FROM DAVE LEONHARDT, Opinion Today, in The New York Times (January 17, 2018). College Costs. Many people believe that college costs …

by Future U/ January 17, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/