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PERSPECTIVES: At Howard University, ‘Thou Doth Protest Too Much’ Seems Likely

The NYT’s rejoinder to Cornel West’s recent commentary rings hollow. Read it here.

by Future U/ May 3, 2021/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Context Matters–‘Steering” Campus Sustainability in Neoliberal Higher Education

In Neoliberalism, New Public Management and the Sustainable Development Agenda of Higher Education: History, Contradictions, and Synergies, Sophie E.F. Bessant, Zoe …

by Future U/ May 2, 2021/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: Athletics-Related Eruption (again), This Time at LSU

FROM ESPN: Seven women allege “a conspiracy” by the defendants to keep them quiet and “deprive them of their constitutional …

by Future U/ April 30, 2021/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: In Open Search, University of Iowa Hires Academic as President

Barbara Wilson has published more than 80 articles, reports, and book chapters during her academic career, and she has been …

by Future U/ April 30, 2021/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

VIDEO: “Deconstructing Neoliberalism in Higher Education”

Hosted by Professor Nathan Rousseau and sponsored by Social Science Space the forum brought together four scholars to discuss the …

by Future U/ April 28, 2021/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Video/

PERSPECTIVES: Beyond Campus Sustainability–What Higher Education Must Do to Address Climate Change

“The climate crisis is urgent, and together, we in higher education must directly face the coming challenges.” Read more in …

by Future U/ April 26, 2021/ Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Higher Education in America: Does the Premise Hold?

“Colleges have for centuries benefited from the belief that they could provide prospective students, as well as institutions with particular …

by Future U/ April 25, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: “We Don’t Have the Opportunity to Shower. We Get in Our Bus and Go Back to the Hotel”

Significant gaps exist between men’s and women’s college sports. In this case, it’s softball v. baseball. Read more in this …

by Future U/ April 23, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: “NCAA Erased My Career”

Former UMass tennis player Brittany Collens writes in The Players’ Tribune: “Our team that won the 2017 Atlantic 10 title …

by Future U/ April 17, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Why Aren’t Public University Acceptance Rates a Matter of Public Discussion?

In California they certainly are. We’ve featured that issue on these pages, and an important commentary was published in today’s …

by Future U/ April 15, 2021/ Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Another Trustee Acts Deplorably, This Time at University of Richmond

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION: “University of Richmond Faculty Senate on Friday passed a vote of no confidence in Paul Queally, rector …

by Future U/ April 14, 2021/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Pandemic-Related Enrollment Drop Puts Community Colleges at Risk

FROM THE LA TIMES: “Systemwide (in California), more than 260,000 fewer students enrolled in fall 2020 compared with fall 2019, a …

by Future U/ April 13, 2021/ Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Back and Forth on College Access Has Gaps

Recently published commentaries and news reports about college access can leave readers shaking their heads. As pressure has built to …

by Future U/ April 12, 2021/ Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Will (Should) Tenure Survive?

FROM THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION: “In 1993-94, more than half, or 56.2 percent of faculty members at institutions with …

by Future U/ April 10, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: Michigan Colleges and Universities Getting Students Vaccinated

“The effort will get a big boost in coming days, when the state allocates thousands of doses of the one-shot …

by Future U/ April 8, 2021/ Higher Ed, Society/