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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/

NEWS BRIEFS: Which States Spend More on Prisons Than Higher Education?

From The Washington Post analysis, read more here. (Spoiler alert: Michigan is on the list.)
by Future U/ August 3, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: More Research Scientists Than Academic Jobs At America’s Colleges And Universities

Here’s an investigative report from The New York Times.
by Future U/ July 15, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: Temple Replaces Exec Administrators In Wake of Funding Shortfall

NEWS BRIEFS: Temple Replaces Exec Administrators In Wake of Funding Shortfall

Overspending on financial aid is the reason. The provost has been replaced by the former law school dean and it …
by Future U/ July 13, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Re-Emphasis On Admitting In-State Undergrads in UCAL System

In part, the action was taken in response to external pressure. Out-of-state admissions decline as do international admissions at two …
by Future U/ July 13, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Money Magazine’s 2016 College Rankings Go Well Beyond College ROI

Ranking metrics include college affordability and “meaningfulness” following graduation. Read more here. And here.
by Future U/ July 13, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Social Science-Humanities Panel To Inform Social Policymakers

An international panel of academics is synthesizing and translating research findings for social policymakers. Article from Nature.
by Future U/ July 10, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Clinton’s Higher Ed Plan Includes a Tuition-Elimination Provision

For families earning less than $125k per annum in-state tuition will be waived at public universities. Read more.
by Future U/ July 7, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Research Shows Public Colleges Are Increasingly Unaffordable

“College education is being priced out of the reach of middle-class and even upper-middle-class families,” say researchers at UPenn and …
by Future U/ June 26, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Victim Confronts College Football Coach 18 Years After Gang Rape

The victim, who has gone public with her story, was invited to meet with the head coach (now at another …
by Future U/ June 24, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: U.S. Supreme Court Upholds U. of Texas Affirmative Action Program

In a landmark decision, The Court upheld UTs “10%” program. Read three articles from The New York Times: a news …
by Future U/ June 24, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Progressives Gather in Chicago at “The People’s Summit”

The goal of The People’s Summit was to broaden, deepen, & sustain efforts that seek social, economic, racial, and environmental justice and …
by Future U/ June 22, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/
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