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NEWS BRIEFS: Alumni-Led #SaveACHumanities Social Media Movement Saves Humanities at Adrian College

At Adrian College, “several thousand graduates, many of them recent, waged a simple but relentless social media and direct outreach …

by Future U/ September 22, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: Public Well-Served By Campus Newspapers

College newspapers: “Student journalists have been kept busy breaking news of campus outbreaks, pushing for transparency from administrators, and publishing …

by Future U/ September 20, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Michigan State U Upgrades its COVID-19 Dashboard, But More Improvement is Needed

MSU Professor Sarah Reckhow writes: “MSU is not testing enough–our positivity rate is around 15%, and the university dashboard is …

by Future U/ September 19, 2020/ MSU, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Protests Continue at University of Michigan

“Anger from faculty members, staff, and students toward the Michigan administration had been brewing for months, but in early September, …

by Future U/ September 16, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Leadership Taken by UCLA’s Black Student Athlete Alliance

“If you have education without action or you have action without education, it’s not really bringing everything together,” said UCLA …

by Future U/ September 10, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: KU Students Protest School Opening, Plan Strike

“A group of University of Kansas students went on a strike from classes on Monday to protest the opening of …

by Future U/ September 8, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: University of Michigan Grad Instructors to Strike

“The University of Michigan Graduate Employee Organization will go on strike Tuesday as classes begin on campus, citing concerns over …

by Future U/ September 7, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: ‘Strategy Change’ as Political Parties/Advocacy Groups Pursue College Students’ Vote

“With campuses closing, college students are especially transient, causing confusion about whether they should register at their home or school …

by Future U/ September 2, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: When a Liberal Arts College Drops the Liberal Arts

Case in point: Adrian College (MI). Read details at MLive.

by Future U/ August 31, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Amid Pandemic, Half of Major College Teams Will Admit Fans to Games

Here’s the school-by-school breakdown from USAToday.

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

NEWS BRIEFS: Studies Reveal Admissions to Elite Colleges Are ‘Country Club’-Like in Genre

LA Times: “An analysis of the Harvard data…published last year by the National Bureau of Economic Research, showed that 43% …

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

NEWS BRIEF: Michigan College Students Struggle with Basic Needs

This week, the Michigan League of Public Policy released a report, Studying in the Shadow of the Coronavirus, which revealed …

by Future U/ August 27, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: SUNY Faculty Senate Votes ‘No Confidence’ in System Board

The vote followed the appointment of Jim Malatras as system chancellor. Malatras, a longtime aide/ally of Governor Andrew Cuomo, was …

by Future U/ August 24, 2020/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Another College, Davidson College, Apologizes for ‘Racist Past’

“Davidson College President Carol Quillen said: “We have much work to do to understand the pain and injury the college …

by Future U/ August 22, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Direct Appointment of System Chancellor Without National Search Appears to be SUNY’s Fate

“The likely appointment (of the governor’s political ally and adviser) has angered faculty members. They see the move as a …

by Future U/ August 21, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/