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NEWS BRIEFS: Acting MSU President Supports Closed Presidential Search

“Opening Mich St. U’s presidential search to public scrutiny could result in ‘a very difficult process,’ interim president Satish Udpa …

by Future U/ February 21, 2019/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs/

News sources reported that Bob Young’s payout would be the remainder of his $1.275 million contract. Professor Catherine Lindell, associate …

by Future U/ February 19, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

Fewer than 1% of doctorates in math are awarded to African-Americans. Here’s a story about one of those few. It’s …

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

The answer might surprise you. Read the analysis by Professors Hemelt, Stange, Farquim, Simon, and Sawyer, published by the National …

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

In Two Cheers for Higher Education, Brint offers a balanced view of the enterprise. Read Steven Mintz’s review in Inside Higher …

by Future U/ February 16, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

To the tune of nearly $50 billion dollars in 2017-18, up over 7% year-over-year. A handful of universities–about twenty–lead the …

by Future U/ February 15, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

“As universities face pressure to demonstrate their value, engaged scholarship is more important than ever,” Diana Brazzell writes in Inside …

by Future U/ February 13, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Fort Lewis College (CO), like so many other lower-tier schools, is eliminating languages in exchange for offering students ‘marketable skills.’ …

by Future U/ February 12, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

“The reason that students at Yale and places like it can “afford” to major in history is that they have …

by Future U/ February 11, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Inger Bergom and Spencer Piston cite Grinnell College as a case in point. Read more from Inside Higher Education.

by Future U/ February 8, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

Read LSJ’s editorial opinion here.

by Future U/ February 7, 2019/ Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives, Society/

Meaghan Wheat and Lauren Schandevel help launch a minor area of study on social class and inequality. Read more here …

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

UCS presents a list of the ways the Trump Administration is attacking science, undermining scientists, and sidelining the use of …

by Future U/ February 4, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

“Graying of American debt,” The NY Fed Reserve calls it. Politico reports that “debt held by borrowers between the ages …

by Future U/ February 3, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Noted author Jon Krakauer comments on the possible closing/merger of his alma mater. It’s from The New York Times.

by Future U/ February 2, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/