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NEWS BRIEFS: AAUP Launches Petition Drive Re Purdue Global

At issue is forcing faculty to sign a non-disclosure agreement and agreeing to a gag clause. Read more here. Sign the …

by Future U/ August 29, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Another Example Of Whitewashing At MSU

The intended issue of the alumni magazine became something quite different–Whitewashing By Design. Read more in a column by the Lansing …

by Future U/ August 28, 2018/ Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: More Bad Policies From The U.S. Department of Education

“This is what happens when an administration stocks its agencies with people whose allegiances are to the industries they are …

by Future U/ August 27, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Analysis Shows Student Debt Situation Is Worse Than Thought

Extensive analysis is from The New York Times. Read more here.

by Future U/ August 25, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: More Issues Surface About The Purdue-Kaplan Deal

What happens when a major university takes a hard neoliberal turn? Purdue is a case example. Read more from Inside …

by Future U/ August 24, 2018/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: When A President Emeritus Speaks Out

“Florida International is at risk of being relegated to ‘third-tier status’ in Florida,” Modesto (Mitch) Maidique wrote. “The university trustees are …

by Future U/ August 21, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Free Press? What About Campus Newspapers?

Are school newspapers free to critique what’s happening on campus? Liberty University said no. Read more from World Magazine.

by Future U/ August 20, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: NYU Announces Tuition-Free Medical Education

It’s a bold move, amounting to about $55k per student. But students will still have to cover living expenses, estimated …

by Future U/ August 19, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Nassar Victims Create Advocacy Organization

It’s called “Army of Survivors.” Read/listen about it at Michigan Radio.

by Future U/ August 17, 2018/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Transparency? Ah, Just Let Me Do My Job!

Purdue’s Mitch Daniels tells us all we need to know about how this university president feels about oversight. Read more …

by Future U/ August 16, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Is Activism Bad For Your Academic Health?

“My advisor argued that I needed to maybe begin toning it down because what I needed right now is science publications …

by Future U/ August 15, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: Campus Scandals Can Cost A Bundle

The Charlotte News & Observer has reported that UNC-Chapel Hill academic scandal (tied to athletics), which involved students taking bogus …

by Future U/ August 14, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: W.H. Auden Had It Right … 72 Years Ago

Auden wrote Under Which Lyre in 1946, delivering it publicly at Harvard University. His poem has worn well over the years. …

by Future U/ August 9, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The Conversation That’s Not Happening on Campus

“About 3 million students on campus this fall will be sexually assaulted during their college years.” Read more at USA …

by Future U/ August 8, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Higher Ed’s Market Proclivities Conflict With Its Democracy Mandate

UVA’s Daniel and Wellmon believe higher ed has run amok. “The university is what it is today, in part, because …

by Future U/ August 7, 2018/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/