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NEWS BRIEFS: New President, New Lease On Life, At Sweet Briar College

Sweet Briar College was scheduled to close. Now it has a new president, Meredith Woo, and a future. Read more …

by Future U/ February 7, 2017/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

Deregulation like of online/profit-based higher education. Read more below.

by Future U/ February 3, 2017/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

Called “Poverty Solutions” the school’s efforts will link research with community work to address poverty.

by Future U/ January 19, 2017/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Representative Bob Thorpe has introduced a bill in the Arizona legislature that would ban campus activities-programs associated with social justice …

by Future U/ January 16, 2017/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

The states are Missouri and Iowa. Read details from Inside Higher Education.

by Future U/ January 16, 2017/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

As one Cal St. University put it: “As the student body gets darker, the funding gets lighter.” Read a report …

by Future U/ January 15, 2017/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

“The donation will help launch a research center affiliated with The Thurgood Marshall College Fund.” Read more here.

by Future U/ January 13, 2017/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

To be rolled out over 3 years, the plan offers free tuition at state colleges/universities for qualifying families. Read more …

by Future U/ January 4, 2017/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

“CU said that tactics, like voter coercion, may have tipped the balance. The National Labor Relations Board should invalidate the …

by Future U/ December 28, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

Read about a pilot program in NYC designed to stimulate college savings. The story is from The New York Times.

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

“A former Michigan State softball player sued the university and former MSU doctor Larry Nassar, alleging she was sexually abused …

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

It’s the second Ivy League school (Harvard, the other) to take action against misguided athletes: men’s soccer at Harvard, men’s …

by Future U/ December 17, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

AS PUBLISHED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES on December 9, 2016 Since the lofty idealism of the 1960s, the goal …

by Future U/ December 12, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/