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NEWS BRIEFS: New Study Throws Shade At Rising College Graduation Rates

“Collectively, student characteristics, institutional resources, and institution attended do not explain much of the change,” write Jeffrey T. Denning, Eric R. Eide, …

by Future U/ June 15, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Same Old Story, At U. of Houston This Time–Who Know What and When?

UH’s women’s soccer players experienced a serious health situation. Investigative reporting shows U officials knew and didn’t respond.

by Future U/ June 14, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Florida State University To Privatize Athletics

The move will shield athletics from public records requests. Read more from The Orlando Sentinel. Read one commentary here.

by Future U/ June 11, 2019/ News Briefs, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Another Physician Sexual Assault Case, This Time at UCLA

The LA Times reports.

by Future U/ June 10, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: MSU In News Again For Yet Another Bad Reason

“While the university agreed to pay an average of $1.3 million to each survivor in the first wave of lawsuits, …

by Future U/ June 7, 2019/ MSU, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: Yowza! Did You See That Grad School Bill?!

$109k loan to matriculate toward an MSW at Southern Cal…$176 in loans to pay for a film master’s degree at …

by Future U/ June 4, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Odds of College Graduation Linked To Family Wealth and Type/Selectivity of College Attended

Fed researchers followed U.S. 9th Graders from 2009 forward. Read more from Inside Higher Education.

by Future U/ May 27, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: More College-Going Students Are From Lower-Income Familes, But Many Are At Less-Selective Schools

Pew Research did the research. Read more here.

by Future U/ May 26, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: It’s Time To Punish Schools That Lie

And U.S. News and World Report is doing just that. For two decades, the University of Oklahoma gave USNWP inflated …

by Future U/ May 23, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Detroit Free Press Unearths Another Move By Michigan State

MSU cut funding to the university’s student health and wellness program. What are the implications? Read more here.

by Future U/ May 19, 2019/ MSU, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: This State Ranks #1 in Higher Education (and you’re in for a surprise)

You may quibble with the #1 ranking, but most Americans would likely applaud the criteria used to compare the states: …

by Future U/ May 18, 2019/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: That Bloat You Feel? It’s the Growing Size of Higher Ed’s Administrative Class

It’s a bad storyline for American higher education. Over a 12-year period … significant increase in the size of the …

by Future U/ May 17, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: For MSU, Survey Says ….

“We realize that many people may not be fully aware of the positive changes taking place at MSU. This survey …

by Future U/ May 16, 2019/ MSU, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: With WPI’s Promotion Protocol, Other Universities Have a Chance to “Get It Right’

Laurie Leshin, Worcester Polytechnic Institute president, said that the new promotion and tenure criteria “bring our reward system much more …

by Future U/ May 14, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: Athletics and Campus Sustainability Aren’t Well Connected. Pacific-12 Conference Schools Want to Change That.

“All Pac-12 athletic departments have committed to measuring their environmental performance, developing strategies and goals to reduce their impact, monitoring …

by Future U/ May 13, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/