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NEWS BRIEFS: U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Case Filed Against NCAA

LA TIMES: “Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether major colleges and universities are violating federal antitrust laws by refusing …

by Future U/ December 17, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: MSU Teaching Effort Featured in ‘Inside Higher Education’

Bravo, Terry Link, Laura DeLind and colleagues! Read more here.

by Future U/ December 11, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: University of Vermont Will Phase Out Programs in Arts & Letters College

Twelve of the College’s 56 programs will be discontinued. Low enrollment is the reason. “None of UVM’s faculty, students, or …

by Future U/ December 6, 2020/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Drake Group Calls for Nationally Uniform Policy on Campus Sexual Assaults

The Drake Group: “No concerted and coordinated effort by the NCAA and other national-collegiate-athletic-governance organizations, conferences, or member institutions confront …

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

NEWS BRIEFS: At Michigan State, Football-Related Lawsuit Turns into a Costly Affair

“Michigan State University has spent more than $1 million fighting lawsuits brought by a former football program employee.” Read more …

by Future U/ December 1, 2020/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: New Book Investigates Neoliberalism’s Impact on Higher Education

John S. Levin, Marie C. Martin, and Ariadna I. Lopez Damian, University Management, the Academic Profession, and Neoliberalism. State University of …

by Future U/ November 28, 2020/ Books, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: Coalition Calls on Pres-Elect Biden to Cancel Student Debt

FROM INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION: “A coalition of 236 mostly progressive groups, including close allies like the American Federation of Teachers …

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

NEWS BRIEFS: National Coalition Responds to New Book by Charles Koch

Led by UnKoch My Campus, coalition members invite the public to sign a letter calling out the impact of Koch’s …

by Future U/ November 19, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: New ACE Report Reveals Demographic Disparities in Ability to Pay Student Debt

FROM INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION: “The ‘most striking part’” of the report was differences in how difficult it is for underrepresented …

by Future U/ November 17, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: U California May Face $67 Million Payout for Gynecologist’s Sexual Abuse

FROM THE LA TIMES: “Dr. James Heap (UCLA) faces 20 felony counts and is charged with sex crimes spanning a …

by Future U/ November 15, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Despite Enrollment Declines, International Student Enrollment in U.S. Tops 1 Million

International students constitute about 6% of total college enrollment. China, India top list. Fall enrollment declined nearly 20% nationally. Read …

by Future U/ November 14, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Ithaca College Will Eliminate 130 Faculty Positions

Cuts come in conjunction with recognizing that Ithaca’s enrollment level will decline. Read more from Inside Higher Education.

by Future U/ November 11, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: In Trend that Has Gone National, Another University Eliminates Non-Revenue Sports

Clemson this time. Track and cross-country. Read more from Flo-Track.

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

NEWS BRIEFS: In the Face of Large Enrollment Declines, PA State System Cuts 115 Faculty Lines

Cuts include faculty members with tenure. Indiana U of PA and Edinboro U were hit hardest with 80 and 21 …

by Future U/ November 1, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: Michigan State Eliminates Swimming and Diving, Activists Organize to Respond

FROM THE LANSING STATE JOURNAL: “In the week since the announcement …. a movement has started. It began with an …

by Future U/ October 30, 2020/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs/