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PERSPECTIVES: Are Middle-Class Families Finding It Harder To Pay For College?

Data suggest yes. Why? Financial assistance targets lower-income families. Upper-income families don’t need help. Those in the middle are squeezed. …
by Future U/ May 11, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Why Are Yale Grad Assistants On A Hunger Strike?

“Yale relies on graduate students and other low­-paid contingent faculty to teach. Contingent faculty make up about 70% of teachers …
by Future U/ May 10, 2017/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Right-Wing Group Finances Conservative Candidates In Student-Government Campaigns

Read about Turning Point USA in this investigative report from The Chronicle of Higher Education.
by Future U/ May 9, 2017/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Administration’s Approach Is Wrong Way To Address Student Debt

Opinion is from a commentary by Susan Dynarski, Univ. of Michigan, published recently in The New York Times.
by Future U/ May 8, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Adjuncts At Risk If Republican Health Bill Becomes Law

In higher education it will hurt the most at-risk faculty group. Read more from The Chronicle of Higher Education.
by Future U/ May 7, 2017/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Politicization Of Science Is Here And Very Real

Today’s trumped up circumstance ratchets up politicization to an all-time high. What to make of it? What to do? Read …
by Future U/ May 2, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Impostor Status” And Minority College Students

“Impostor syndrome is often a factor in the relationship between discrimination & depression and anxiety.” Read more from USAToday.
by Future U/ May 1, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: New Investigative Report Offers Insights Into Nassar Case

More than 100 women have filed criminal complaints accusing Dr. Nassar of assaulting them. Read a new investigative report from …
by Future U/ April 29, 2017/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: How A Private University Serves The Public Good

USC’s Neighborhood Academic Initiative prepares underprivileged kids for higher education. Read more here.
by Future U/ April 27, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Militarism and Higher Education

Presentation made by Terry Link, faculty emeritus, Michigan State University.
by Future U/ April 25, 2017/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Neoliberalism In African Higher Education

Presentation by Dr. Amy Jamison, Michigan State University
by Future U/ April 24, 2017/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: What? Black College Grads Lose Wealth As White College Grads Gain Wealth!!!

Here’s why and what can be done about it. Read the disturbing commentary here.
by Future U/ April 21, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Those Women’s Studies Graduates Can’t Get Jobs. Right? (Wrong!)

Pesky data get in the way of beliefs. Read more from The Washington Post.
by Future U/ April 20, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Is College As Expensive As You Think?

While many parents and students don’t pay full price, many believe they will. Here’s a real-price calculator.
by Future U/ April 19, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Muzzling Speech Works Against The Muzzler”

Catherine Rampell believes it’s true. Read her provocative essay from The Washington Post.
by Future U/ April 18, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
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