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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/

PERSPECTIVES: Administrative Growth In Higher Education

Parkinson’s Law. Read about the Law’s application to higher education.

by Future U/ September 9, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Donor Conditions Bring Controversy At Wayne State

Michael and Marian Ilitch (Little Caesar’s Pizza) will give $40 million to the university’s business college. But do the conditions …

by Future U/ September 9, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Dark Money,” the Koch Brothers, and America’s Universities

Read Connor Gibson’s essay (from Academe.blog), a review of Jane Mayer’s book, “Dark Money.” Read it here: “UnKoch My Campus“

by Future U/ September 7, 2016/ Articles, Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Silicon Valley Becomes Attractive Option for Academic Economists

Plenty of opportunities out West…. Read more.

by Future U/ September 5, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: College Athletes Can Be Paid … In The Olympics

Jim Thorpe was stripped of an Olympic Gold in 1913 because he played minor league baseball. Wonder what he would …

by Future U/ September 4, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: When Parents Say To Their Kids: “Don’t Major In History!”

Thoughtful article by Stephen Pearlstein from The Washington Post. Read it here.

by Future U/ September 3, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Georgetown Offers Preferential Admission to Slave Descendants

Action follows deliberation of a university committee. Read more here. Just as importantly…. “Two buildings are being renamed, which originally paid tribute …

by Future U/ September 1, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: College Rewards Those Who Save

It’s an innovation at Washington College. Read more.

by Future U/ August 31, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

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