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NEWS BRIEFS: Biden Administration Pushing States to Close Gap on HBCU Underfunding

From HIGHER ED DIVE: “Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack sent states individual letters detailing their land-grant …

by Future U/ October 14, 2023/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Counter Population Loss by Offering Free Tuition at Public Universities?

“The Growing Michigan Together Council has a tough task, reported Bridge Michigan. “Michigan remains the 10th most populous state in …

by Future U/ October 11, 2023/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEF: Hedging Bet Regarding Congressional Action, NCAA Advances NIL Regulation Policy

"Measures include development of registry for service providers to help weed out bad actors"

by Future U/ October 8, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: Sexual Harassment Complaint Filed Against Michigan State’s Head Football Coach

"Is the face of its football program guilty of sexually harassing an influential advocate against gender-based violence?"

by Future U/ September 10, 2023/ MSU, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: WVU Faculty Vote No Confidence in President, While Board Doubles-Down on Supporting Him

"The faculty resolution targeted the administration's poor planning, faulty decision making, and financial mismanagement."

by Future U/ September 7, 2023/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: WVU’s Plan “Backfired,” Per The Wall Street Journal

"Share of WV high-school students proceeding directly to college dropped from 55% (2011) to 46% (class of 2022)."

by Future U/ August 28, 2023/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Hungry College Students Are Nothing New, and So Is Hunger on Campus

Food insecurity faces college students across the country.

by Future U/ August 27, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: New Report Reveals Striking Inability of Americans to Pay College Costs

"Policies, such as doubling the Pell Grant, are critical to ensuring that lower-income students can access, afford, and succeed."

by Future U/ August 24, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Yet Another Intrusion On Florida Public Higher Education

Barbara Petersen, FL Center for Govt Accountability: “Looks like overkill...overbroad public-records/meeting exemptions."

by Future U/ August 23, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: WVU’s Faculty/Program Cuts Are Wide and Deep

"These cuts go beyond what’s reasonable and straight into territory of absurdity.”

by Future U/ August 14, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society, Teaching/

NEWS BRIEFS: State Agency Ruling to Stop Granting Degrees Becomes Death Knell for Alderson Broaddus

Student: "One minute I’m doing my normal day, next minute I’m posting on Twitter, looking for a new home. It's …

by Future U/ August 3, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: Alleged Private Board Meeting Yields Another Nassar-Related Lawsuit

"There are 27 named plaintiffs, along with two Jane Does, and the group POSSE, 'Parents of Sister Survivors Engage.'"

by Future U/ July 29, 2023/ MSU, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: New Report on Michigan’s Community Colleges Says “Do More, Do Better”

"Our CCs struggle to meet the needs of students, employers, and integrate with a statewide economic development strategy."

by Future U/ July 23, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Student Loan Forgiveness, Round Two

"Tuesday’s hearing gave another avenue for higher ed leaders, organizations and the public to weigh in."

by Future U/ July 22, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Job-Related Economics Website Includes “Bigoted Content (that) Makes Women and Nonwhite Economists Feel Unwelcome,” Researcher Says

Researchers "classified about 10% of posts as 'toxic' because of racist or sexist content."

by Future U/ July 21, 2023/ News Briefs, Society/