Higher Ed Archives - Page 52 of 137

Higher Ed Archive

NEWS BRIEFS: GVSU’s Scholarship Offers to 8th Graders Said to Be “Among First in the Nation”

Scholarships offered to all 8th Grade graduates of Detroit Achievement Academy. Three more schools to follow.

by Future U/ June 11, 2022/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: In Academe as in Broader Society “The Currency is Attention”

"Higher education is being gamed by its business model."

by Future U/ June 6, 2022/ Audio, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: One Way Right-Wing Money is Infiltrating Higher Education

"They do not support education as an end in itself, but as a means to an end that they should …

by Future U/ June 2, 2022/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Numbers Show How Michigan Universities Handled Vaccine Mandates

MSU + UM: 500+ employees were terminated/2500+ students were suspended or placed on academic hold.

by Future U/ June 1, 2022/ Higher Ed, MSU, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: A Higher Education Story, An Olympics Story, and Much More: Spotlight on Stanford & 2012 Olympian, Cassidy Krug

Cassidy sat down with Frank Fear for this 30-minute interview. (Published in collaboration with The Sports Column https://www.thesportscol.com/).

by Frank Fear/ May 29, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society, Video/

NEWS BRIEFS: WI Republicans Slam UW-Madison Chancellor Appointment

Mnookin was criticized "for her support for CRT and vaccine mandates and meeting with President Biden’s son Hunter Biden."

by Future U/ May 20, 2022/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVE: NY Times Editorial Board’s Cogent Argument about Student Debt

"An across-the-board cancellation would be tremendously regressive,"

by Future U/ May 16, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: It’s Time to Reconcile the Connection Betweem Student Needs and Faculty Expectations

Meeting students where they are needs to be reconciled with meeting faculty where they are.

by Future U/ May 13, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: University Athletic Director Fired Because of Non-Competitiveness in NIL Marketplace

“Where we erred was focusing on educating our athletes about NIL and not just collecting cash and paying kids to …

by Future U/ May 11, 2022/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: New Report Finds More Black and Hispanic Students Left College Than Are Enrolled

Black and Hispanic students constitute 43% of 39 million students who left college nationally and are 34% of the nation's …

by Future U/ May 10, 2022/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVE: What’s Happening at Grinnell Gives Hope

The college president endorses the outcome of an election that expands an on-campus union to cover every student worker.

by Future U/ April 30, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: Graduating Lower-Income Students? Most Michigan Public and Private Universities are Below National Average

Best performers are the University of Michigan (public) and Kalamazoo College (private)

by Future U/ April 26, 2022/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The Case for Eliminating Student Debt

"Debt (is disproportionately distributed) by burdening Black students and women, (and affecting) prospects for homeownership, starting a family, and saving …

by Future U/ April 24, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: How/Why Calvin’s Center for Social Research Became a “Legal Entity” Independent of the University

The provost asked her two questions: “Had (she) been married to a woman since the fall of 2021, and had …

by Future U/ April 23, 2022/ Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: “We Ain’t Woke. We’re Conservative!”

"How to Be an Antiracist" in a course syllabus was seen as promoting Critical Race Theory.

by Future U/ April 19, 2022/ Higher Ed, Society/