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NEWS BRIEFS: Tuition-Free Medical School Yields Application Surge At NYU

And the best news is that apps have doubled from underrepresented minority students. Read more from Inside Higher Education.

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

NEWS BRIEFS: Is Boom Over In College Stadium Expansion? Just Might Be

Reports The Bond Buyer (as also reported in The Chronicle of Higher Education). Read how and why here.

by Future U/ January 11, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: GAO Study Finds Widespread Food Insecurity Among College Students

The report includes the results of a meta-study and data from over thirty colleges and universities around the country. Read the …

by Future U/ January 9, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Dr. Larry Busch To Speak January 16

“Back to the Future: An STS Approach to Markets” Read more below. Larry Busch talk

by Future U/ January 8, 2019/ News Briefs, Society/

NEWS FLASH: Neoliberal College Presidents Hired For Neoliberal Purposes Fail Neoliberal Test

College presidents are hired as fundraisers. This new study finds that many presidents aren’t playing the game well, even presidents who …

by Future U/ January 4, 2019/ Articles, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Cal State University, Fresno Promulgates Faculty Collegiality Principles

“We are respectful, kind, collaborative, and accountable.” Read more from Inside Higher Education.

by Future U/ January 2, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Kansas Governor Says She Aware of Higher Ed Funding Issues, “Will Do What We Can”

Incoming Gov. Laura Kelly says that she will “go after critical issues first.” KU makes $20 million in budget cuts. …

by Future U/ January 1, 2019/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Number of Florida Universities Move Up in National Rankings

U of Miami and U of Florida made the Top 50. Florida State U was ranked in the Top 100. …

by Future U/ December 29, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Harvard ‘Star Economist’ Faces Sexual Harassment Charges

Dr. Roland G. Fryer faces multiple charges. He is the youngest African American to earn tenure at Harvard, has brought …

by Future U/ December 28, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: Special Prosecutor in Nassar Case: MSU Acted Indifferently To Truth

“An institution truly interested in the truth would not have acted as MSU has,” wrote William Forsyth.“MSU’s initial decision to …

by Future U/ December 21, 2018/ MSU, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Michigan State U Activists On Chronicle’s List Of “Influencers of 2018”

“The grass-roots response to Michigan State’s sexual-abuse scandal has distinguished itself as a movement of potency and moral clarity. Included …

by Future U/ December 19, 2018/ MSU, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: At MSU International Enrollments Are Dropping

The big question is why. Zimo Wang responds in this recent article from The State News.

by Future U/ December 17, 2018/ MSU, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: Nassar Victims To MSU: ‘Restart Healing Assistance Fund’

Pleas were made at Friday’s meeting of the MSU Board of Trustees. Read more from The Lansing State Journal.

by Future U/ December 15, 2018/ MSU, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Temple Trustees Condemn Prof. Hill’s Remarks

“The trustees expressed their ‘disappointment, displeasure, and disagreement with’ Hill’s (U.N.) remarks” regarding Israel and the Palestinians. Read more from …

by Future U/ December 12, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Michigan’s Strategy For Increasing Enrollment Of Higher-Performing, Lower-Income Students

And what a simple strategy it is…once a university makes the financial commitment….

by Future U/ December 10, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/