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NEWS BRIEFS: New President, New Lease On Life, At Sweet Briar College

Sweet Briar College was scheduled to close. Now it has a new president, Meredith Woo, and a future. Read more …

by Future U/ February 7, 2017/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

Bravo, The Washington Post Editorial Board, for putting this issue in the spotlight. Read its recommendation here.

by Future U/ February 6, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Read seven principles advanced by The Campaign for the Future of Higher Education.

by Future U/ February 5, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Read a well-expressed piece published recently in The Establishment.

by Future U/ February 4, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Deregulation like of online/profit-based higher education. Read more below.

by Future U/ February 3, 2017/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

Cole draws parallels to 1930’s Europe. Published in Informed Consent read it here.

by Future U/ February 1, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Here’s AAUP’s position on targeted harassment from sites like Professor Watchlist, The College Fix, and Campus Reform.

by Future U/ January 30, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Serving as a pipeline to the corporate system makes higher education part of the problem. More and different is needed. …

by Future U/ January 25, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

The Washington Post’s Jeff Selingo takes on the age-old question: Should I attend an elite college? His answer makes for …

by Future U/ January 24, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Jennifer H. Ruth: “How are we going to prevent…/our universities/…from being destroyed by illiberal democracy?”

by Future U/ January 23, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

All boxes checked…. Thomas J. LeBlanc’s appointment as Geo Washington U president shows what you need to do. Read more …

by Future U/ January 22, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Dan Greenstein of The Gates Foundation poses fundamental questions about higher ed. It’s from Inside Higher Education.

by Future U/ January 21, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Called “Poverty Solutions” the school’s efforts will link research with community work to address poverty.

by Future U/ January 19, 2017/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

How do schools stack up when their student bodies are disaggregated by family income? Read more from The New York …

by Future U/ January 18, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Always maddening, sometimes relevant, here’s George Will’s most recent incursion on higher ed.

by Future U/ January 18, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/