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NEWS BRIEFS: Emails Reveal ‘Admit, Check to Follow’ Discussions at Southern Cal

LA Times reports: “In a spreadsheet attached to one of the emails, which included roughly 200 “special interest” applicants put …

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

PERSPECTIVES: Beyond Tuition: College at What Cost?

Hua Hsu reviews Caitlin Zaloom’s new book, Indebted. Read more at The New Yorker.

by Future U/ September 2, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: New Book on Free Speech Shows How Far We Need To Go

Sarah Carr on Michael Roth’s, Safe Enough Spaces: Shining examples of campuses that balance inclusion with diverse ideas are few …

by Future U/ September 1, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: An Alternative to ‘Free College for All”

William & Mary economist David H. Feldman offers his four-plank alternative in USAToday.

by Future U/ August 31, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: At UMass Boston, Faculty Are Blamed for Failed Presidential Search

All finalists withdrew after many faculty members questioned their qualifications. UMass system president and the search committee chair both blame …

by Future U/ August 29, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Provost Defends Faculty Member in Professor-Columnist Kerfuffle

Reports of a bedbug infestation at the building that houses the New York Times prompted a professor to tweet about …

by Future U/ August 28, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: Are Income Sharing Agreements All That They Are Cracked Up To Be?

“I’m very worried for students,” said Julie Margetta Morgan of the Roosevelt Institute. Read more from CNBC

by Future U/ August 26, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Major Universities Would Never Operate This Way! (when it comes to football & men’s basketball, they do)

“Nowhere else in the world is there a major college sports system like ours. There are definitely good things about …

by Future U/ August 25, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Secret Searches: “Phenomenon of the Last 5-10 years, Influenced by Search Firms”

Judith Wilde. presidential search scholar, George Mason University: “We see no reason to believe that this leads to better presidents. …

by Future U/ August 24, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: U.S. Selects Presidential Candidates After Debates, Primaries, & Conventions. University Presidents are Often Selected in Private.

Why? The University of Kentucky’s John Thelin concludes it’s because universities prefer to be run like a business, embrace the …

by Future U/ August 23, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

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