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NEWS BRIEFS: Many College Students Are Food Insecure, But There’s Debate About Just How Many

More research is needed before it’s possible to be confident about the numbers. Read why at Inside Higher Education.

by Future U/ May 3, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

The Higher Education I Knew

Higher education—once a social institution—has become corporatized.

by Frank Fear/ May 2, 2019/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: How Do You Run Higher Ed ‘On the Cheap’?

The average part-time faculty member earns about $20k annually. And, for many, ‘part-time’ is a full-time job. Read more in …

by Future U/ April 29, 2019/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: ESPN’S ‘Spartan Silence’ Wins Peabody Award

Since 1941, Peabody Awards spotlight programs that demonstrate how media can defend the public interest, encourage empathy, and expand understanding …

by Future U/ April 27, 2019/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Unjust College Aid System Creates Systematic Barriers for America’s Lower-Income Students

Emmaline Clein writes: “Ninety percent of students’ whose federal financial-aid applications require “verification,” an audit to prove their self-reported financial status, …

by Future U/ April 24, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Students and Alumni Reflect on Their HBCU Experiences

Read their commentaries from the Los Angeles Times.

by Future U/ April 22, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWSBRIEFS: In Higher Ed, Administration Positions Pay Off … Unless You’re a Woman or Person-of-Color

“The share of women in all of the lowest-paid dean positions was 47 percent,” reports The Chronicle of Higher Education. …

by Future U/ April 21, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

NEWSBRIEFS: “I Can’t Do This Anymore,” a U-Colorado Trustee Said, Voting Against Football

“I don’t believe it can be played safely anymore. I want these young men to leave CU with minds that …

by Future U/ April 19, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The ‘Death’ of Education

W.J. Astore writes: “Nowadays, education in America is about…learning for the sake of earning, i.e. developing so-called marketable skills that …

by Future U/ April 18, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: When a $75k+ Price Tag is Anything But

At Yale, “families with household incomes of less than $65,000 are not expected to contribute any funds to pay for …

by Future U/ April 17, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Reframing the College Admission Scandal as Exploitation of Minority Athletes

“For black male student-athletes to be given special consideration in admissions processes at elite universities, they actually have to be …

by Future U/ April 14, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: MSU Student Who Alleges Sexual Assault Holds Press Conference

She filed a lawsuit in Federal court, contending that the university mishandles sexual misconduct complaints against athletes. “I don’t want …

by Future U/ April 11, 2019/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Plight of Adjuncts Personalized In Thea Hunter’s Story

“If adjuncts were birds, they would be fighting the drag of the air, exerting bursts of energy again and again …

by Future U/ April 9, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: The Dollars & Sense Reason For Attending High-Price Elite Colleges

In the aggregate, the sticker price is at least $70k per annum to attend an elite college. But does it …

by Future U/ April 7, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: So What’s Happening to the Parents Embroiled in Admissions-Gate?

Some will try to cut deals. Others will fight charges. Here’s the skinny from The Los Angeles Times.

by Future U/ April 6, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/