News Briefs Archive

NEWS BRIEFS: MSU Hires Law Firm To Investigate Nassar Handling

It’s the second time that the university has committed resources to study what happened and how. Michigan Attorney General Dana …

by Future U/ June 22, 2019/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: University of California Addresses Admissions Fraud

The safeguards “include stronger verification of claims on students’ applications, reviews of potential links between donors and applicants, and stricter …

by Future U/ June 21, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: New Tax Law Has Implications for Collegiate Philanthropy

Tax benefits from philanthropy come by way of itemizing, and 90% of filers last year didn’t. Higher ed could see …

by Future U/ June 20, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: With Election 2020 Looming, ‘Free’ College is on the Political Radar

Eighteen of the 23 Democratic candidates have announced support for tuition-free higher education (in one form or another). Twenty states …

by Future U/ June 18, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: New Study Throws Shade At Rising College Graduation Rates

“Collectively, student characteristics, institutional resources, and institution attended do not explain much of the change,” write Jeffrey T. Denning, Eric R. Eide, …

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

NEWS BRIEFS: Same Old Story, At U. of Houston This Time–Who Know What and When?

UH’s women’s soccer players experienced a serious health situation. Investigative reporting shows U officials knew and didn’t respond.

by Future U/ June 14, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Florida State University To Privatize Athletics

The move will shield athletics from public records requests. Read more from The Orlando Sentinel. Read one commentary here.

by Future U/ June 11, 2019/ News Briefs, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Another Physician Sexual Assault Case, This Time at UCLA

The LA Times reports.

by Future U/ June 10, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: MSU In News Again For Yet Another Bad Reason

“While the university agreed to pay an average of $1.3 million to each survivor in the first wave of lawsuits, …

by Future U/ June 7, 2019/ MSU, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: Yowza! Did You See That Grad School Bill?!

$109k loan to matriculate toward an MSW at Southern Cal…$176 in loans to pay for a film master’s degree at …

by Future U/ June 4, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Odds of College Graduation Linked To Family Wealth and Type/Selectivity of College Attended

Fed researchers followed U.S. 9th Graders from 2009 forward. Read more from Inside Higher Education.

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

NEWS BRIEFS: More College-Going Students Are From Lower-Income Familes, But Many Are At Less-Selective Schools

Pew Research did the research. Read more here.

by Future U/ May 26, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: It’s Time To Punish Schools That Lie

And U.S. News and World Report is doing just that. For two decades, the University of Oklahoma gave USNWP inflated …

by Future U/ May 23, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Detroit Free Press Unearths Another Move By Michigan State

MSU cut funding to the university’s student health and wellness program. What are the implications? Read more here.

by Future U/ May 19, 2019/ MSU, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: This State Ranks #1 in Higher Education (and you’re in for a surprise)

You may quibble with the #1 ranking, but most Americans would likely applaud the criteria used to compare the states: …

by Future U/ May 18, 2019/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/