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NEWS BRIEFS: Newfound Recognition for Change Includes Renaming College Buildings/Programs

“Over the last month, a flurry of colleges has worked to align their recent statements against racial injustice with action …

by Future U/ July 6, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Soon-to-Be-Published Book Looks at Survivor-Enabler Link

Armies of Enablers (to be published on Sept 1 by the American Bar Association) “focuses on cases of sexual assault …

by Future U/ July 3, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: America’s College Athletes Are Speaking Out/Organizing for Social Justice

University of Iowa’s Kaevon Merriweather: “I would rather play in front of 1,000 fans who care about us as people outside …

by Future U/ July 2, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: National Survey Says Americans Value Higher Ed, But Believe It Needs to Change

From New America’s 4th annual survey of how Americans evaluate higher ed: “While Americans believe in the value proposition of …

by Future U/ June 28, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Fewer Low-Income Students Reserving Spots at Michigan’s Private Colleges

From The Bridge: “Public universities typically don’t release enrollment data until after the fall semester begins, but several private colleges …

by Future U/ June 25, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Deep Faculty Layoffs at U-Michigan Flint

The university has laid off nearly half of its 400 lecturers. Read more from the Detroit Free Press.

by Future U/ June 23, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: UCLA Football Players Organize, Submit Demands to the University’s Administration

Last Thursday, UCLA football players united in support behind a document they believe will protect them in their upcoming return …

by Future U/ June 21, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: MSU VP Hsu Resigns, President Explains

MSU’s Stanley: “I believe this is what is best for our university…. When senior administrators at MSU choose to speak …

by Future U/ June 20, 2020/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: Letters Call for Removing Stephen Hsu as MSU’s Senior VP of Research and Innovation

“Supporters of his removal (signatories of two letters) continue to express that this is not an issue of academic freedom, …

by Future U/ June 15, 2020/ MSU, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: In Michigan, ‘Major Declines’ Expected in Low-Income Incoming College Enrollments

“Several Michigan universities have seen a ‘major decline’ in enrollment of low-income, Pell-eligible first-year students due to the COVID-19 pandemic, …

by Future U/ June 4, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: MSU Home Football Could See ‘Fewer Fans and Mask Masks?’

On Tuesday, Michigan State President Stanley told WKAR that if Spartan football returns this fall, the stands won’t be more …

by Future U/ June 3, 2020/ MSU, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: Graduate Student Workers Nationwide Unite, Take Action in the Face of Pandemic

Groups at eight Big Ten universities, including Michigan and Michigan State, have signed on to this effort. Read more here …

by Future U/ May 29, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Dr. Fauci’s Commentary on Fall Semester for Higher Education

Read what he thinks. It’s from The Chronicle of Higher Education.

by Future U/ May 23, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: U California Divests From Fossil Fuels

The UC system’s $126-billion portfolio will invest in more environmentally sustainable investments, such as wind and solar energy. Read more …

by Future U/ May 21, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Nothing to Cheer About For UK Cheerleading Team

Kentucky’s cheerleading team is to college cheerleading what Alabama is to college football–a national titleholder, many times over. But an …

by Future U/ May 19, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

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