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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/

NEWS BRIEFS: Story Behind MSU’s Largest-Ever Incoming Class

Applications declined, the acceptance rate increased. Read details here.

by Future U/ May 8, 2019/ MSU, News Briefs/