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PERSPECTIVES: Seven Trends Challenging Higher Education

Mark J. Drozdowski: “Colleges have created an unstable financial model, and dozens have closed in recent years. Faculty are burned …

by Future U/ January 2, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Higher Ed Enrollment is Trending Down

Karin Fischer, writing in The Chronicle of Higher Education: “Nearly 1.3 million students have disappeared from American colleges during the …

by Future U/ January 1, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

College Football’s Bowl System Has Always Been a Matter of Extremes

College football bowl access was overly restrictive decades ago, and today it has morphed in the opposite direction. Neither option …

by Frank Fear/ December 31, 2022/ Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “From Esteem to Resentment,” Researchers Contend, Tied to Higher Education’s Cost

"Since 1980, the burden of the production cost of higher education has shifted from taxpayers to the individual student."

by Future U/ December 30, 2022/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Corporatization and Marketization are Important Drivers in Tuition Cost Escalation”

Beth Mintz, emerita professor, University of Vermont: “Neoliberal thought considers higher education a financial investment for students. It assumes colleges …

by Future U/ December 29, 2022/ Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Beginning of the End for Collegiate Academic Rankings?

"Far worse than the rankings themselves is how colleges and universities try to game them."

by Future U/ December 26, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Higher Ed “Shouldn’t Be a Political Echo Chamber”

So says Jonathan Alger, president of James Madison University, because “the purpose of a college education is to stretch your …

by Future U/ December 24, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Academic Philanthropy with the Collegiate Mission at Heart

UnKoch My Campus has issued a report on model policies to protect against donor interference.

by Future U/ December 22, 2022/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: Sen. Murphy (CT) and Representative Adams (NC, 12) Introduce “”Fair Play for Women Act”

FROM THE DRAKE GROUP: “The Act would strengthen existing statutes that require colleges and universities to publicly report data demonstrating …

by Future U/ December 21, 2022/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: Engaged Students for Political Action

The Southern Poverty Law Center and Jackson State U students join forces in the historic effort to register Black Mississippians …

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

PERSPECTIVES: Why Did the NCAA Appoint a Governor As Its New President?

FROM THE ATHLETIC: The Association is looking to politics, Gov. Charlie Baker (R-MA), to 1) protect itself and 2) secure …

by Future U/ December 18, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Antisemitism Must Become a DEI Priority

Naomi Greenspan, writing in Insider Higher Education: “To create a truly inclusive campus environment, it must be a space where …

by Future U/ December 15, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Erasing History, Leaving Out Inconvenient Facts”

Lev Golinkin, writing in The New York Times: “The institutions that whitewash the Nazi past of men whose names grace …

by Future U/ December 13, 2022/ Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: It’s Time to Include Students on College Boards of Trustees

UConn alumna Sena Wazer writes in The Nation about how student activists on that campus have organized to influence BOT …

by Future U/ December 12, 2022/ Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Speak Out? The “Politics of Politics” is Dicey

Commenting on “external matters” (language from the University of Illinois) tells you all you need to do about what can …

by Future U/ December 11, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/