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NEWS BRIEFS: Will Ten Commandments Be Posted on Louisiana’s State-Supported Campuses?

"Lawsuit filed by ALCU and others seeks to temporarily and then permanently block the law from taking effect."

by Future U/ July 28, 2024/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Higher Ed Contraction Continues, Over 115 Institutions Have Shuttered Since 2016

Higher Ed Dive has the complete list, state by state, with descriptions.

by Future U/ July 22, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: S & P Says Higher Ed is Facing Revenue Pressures Coupled with Rising Costs

"Declining enrollment and rising expenses is eating away at the margins of many higher ed institutions across the U.S."

by Future U/ July 21, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: “MassReconnect” Doubles Adult Student Enrollment at State’s Two-Year Colleges

Massachusetts is not the first to enact such a program. Similar initiaties are underway in Michigan and New Mexico.

by Future U/ July 14, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Gallup Says Lower Confidence in Higher Education is “Largely Political”

Those expressing lower confidence often said "colleges were 'too liberal' and that they were trying to 'brainwash' students."

by Future U/ July 9, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Legal Risks Compel FL College Student Groups to Curtail Student Voter Registration Drives

"Several organizations that used to do voter registration on UF’s campus have stopped doing so altogether."

by Future U/ July 8, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: “Men Wanted” as Women Outnumber Men at Michigan’s Public Universities

'Mirroring a national trend, in Michigan 69% of women/56% of men enroll in college within a year of graduating high …

by Future U/ July 5, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: DEI Curtailment With A “Broad Brushstroke” In Utah Public Higher Ed

"Weber State University has closed its LGBTQ+ Center and five cultural centers."

by Future U/ July 1, 2024/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Reorganization of Pennsylvania Public Higher Ed Is a Political Matter

PA Gov, Josh Shapero: "Both parties acknowledge the fact that we’ve got to do something meaningful on higher ed."

by Future U/ June 20, 2024/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Attorney Says “FL Legislature Can Restrict (Public Higher Ed) Professsors’ Speech Because Their Speech is the Government’s Speech”

Greg Greubel, representing the Foundation for Individual Rights & Expression: "The classroom is a marketplace of ideas."

by Future U/ June 16, 2024/ News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Cal State President on Student Protesters, “Trust We Had (in students) to Practice Non-Violence Has Been Violated”

"It wasn’t clear what steps the university or protesters would take next to find a resolution."

by Future U/ June 13, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: MSU Investigation Finds Board Chair Behavior was “Unbecoming, Unprofessional” and a “Violation of the Board’s Code of Ethics”

"Investigators determined the gesture met the Wikipedia definition of 'middle finger.'”

by Future U/ June 12, 2024/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

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