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NEWS BRIEFS: Controversy Erupts Over Course Offering at UC Berkeley

From The Guardian: “The University of California, Berkeley has suspended a course dedicated to studying Palestine “through the lens of …

by Future U/ September 16, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Investigative Reporting Reveals Big Sugar and University Researchers Conspired To Redirect Discourse On Public Health

“The sugar industry paid scientists in the 1960s to play down the link between sugar and heart disease and promote …

by Future U/ September 14, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Updates On The LIU Faculty Lockout

“The LIU lockout marks the first time in American history that higher education faculty have ever been locked out by …

by Future U/ September 13, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: When A University Decides Not To Practice Its Own Research Results

The case is Dartmouth College, which announced it will stop participating in a national health care program designed by faculty in its …

by Future U/ September 11, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Donor Conditions Bring Controversy At Wayne State

Michael and Marian Ilitch (Little Caesar’s Pizza) will give $40 million to the university’s business college. But do the conditions …

by Future U/ September 9, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: New Report Issued on Tuition Costs at Michigan’s Public Universities

The Michigan League for Public Policy compared tuition costs of a four-year education (tuition) at Michigan’s public universities for students in the …

by Future U/ September 8, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: College Athletes Can Be Paid … In The Olympics

Jim Thorpe was stripped of an Olympic Gold in 1913 because he played minor league baseball. Wonder what he would …

by Future U/ September 4, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Georgetown Offers Preferential Admission to Slave Descendants

Action follows deliberation of a university committee. Read more here. Just as importantly…. “Two buildings are being renamed, which originally paid tribute …

by Future U/ September 1, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: College Rewards Those Who Save

It’s an innovation at Washington College. Read more.

by Future U/ August 31, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: With Billions Stashed Away, State Legislators Ask Questions Of Public Universities

Focus in this The Washington Post article is UVA, but Pitt, Penn St., UNC, Maryland, and Virginia Tech, among others, …

by Future U/ August 27, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Migration To And From Home States To Attend College

Here’s a fascinating view–state-by-state–of the in- and out-flow of students to matriculate in public higher education. Read details here.

by Future U/ August 26, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: NLRB Ruling Paves Way For TA & RA Unions At Private Universities

Students who work as teaching and research assistants at private universities have a federally backed right to unionize. Read more …

by Future U/ August 24, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: College Athletics: “Pay To Play” Costs Michigan’s Taxpayers Millions Annually

Here’s an analysis of Michigan’s public universities. From MLive. Read more here.

by Future U/ August 23, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Managing Student Debt Load An Ongoing Dilemma

“Education Department: 8,100,000 people — the size of NYC — had not made a payment for at least 9 months on $128 …

by Future U/ August 23, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: New Report Questions Graduation Performance Of Public Colleges and Universities

The study, conducted by Third Way, a DC-based think tank, analyzed a subset of students — first-year, full-time students with …

by Future U/ August 22, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/