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NEWS BRIEFS: EMU President Addresses Racist Graffiti Painted on Campus Building

Read James Smith’s letter here: EMU situation. Read a news story about the situation. Students protested after a Friday night football …
by Future U/ September 24, 2016/ Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Hidden Injuries” Of Neoliberal Academe

Rosalind Gill discusses some of the hidden challenges associated with today’s corporatized higher education. Read her analysis here.
by Future U/ September 23, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Continuing Issues Face Part-Time And Adjunct Faculty

Issues are well know. At issue is doing something. Is there hope? Read Roslyn Fuller’s interpretation here. 
by Future U/ September 21, 2016/ Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Racist Incidents Spark Outrage At American University

“The…Black Student Alliance said.. there have been racial tensions on campus for some time, including hate messages aimed at black …
by Future U/ September 20, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Student Drinking On Campus Is As Problematic As Ever

Read a personal interpretation published in The New York Times. “Blacking out” on campus.
by Future U/ September 19, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: This Columnist Thinks “College Rankings Are A Joke”

Read what NYT’s columnist, Frank Bruni, has to say. Read more here.
by Future U/ September 19, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Even With Big Subsidies, Lower-Tier Football Teams Need Big Paychecks From Big Schools To Balance Athletic Budgets

Called pejoratively “body-bag games” you can chalk up this practice to the reality context of major college sports. But should it continue? …
by Future U/ September 18, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “I Walked Into A Campus Bookstore Without Books”

Hype-commercialization of the academic book market–coupled with the rise of electronic booksellers, like Amazon.com–is transforming campus bookstores to “campus stores.” Read more …
by Future U/ September 17, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The “Precariat” And Its Application to Higher Education

Precariat is class of people whose lives lack predictability/financial security. The term applies to many part-time & adjunct faculty members who try to …
by Future U/ September 17, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Controversy Erupts Over Course Offering at UC Berkeley

From The Guardian: “The University of California, Berkeley has suspended a course dedicated to studying Palestine “through the lens of …
by Future U/ September 16, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Investigative Reporting Reveals Big Sugar and University Researchers Conspired To Redirect Discourse On Public Health

“The sugar industry paid scientists in the 1960s to play down the link between sugar and heart disease and promote …
by Future U/ September 14, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Updates On The LIU Faculty Lockout

“The LIU lockout marks the first time in American history that higher education faculty have ever been locked out by …
by Future U/ September 13, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The Case For TA And RA Unions At Private Universities

From the NYTs: “For decades, universities treated graduate teaching and research assistants not as professionals in their own right, but …
by Future U/ September 12, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: When A University Decides Not To Practice Its Own Research Results

The case is Dartmouth College, which announced it will stop participating in a national health care program designed by faculty in its …
by Future U/ September 11, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Incredible Life Of An Engaged College President

John R. Coleman, once president of Haverford College, was an engaged scholar and administrator, including (among other things) organizing college presidents against the …
by Future U/ September 9, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
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