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NEWS BRIEFS: Forbes List of Top 50 U.S. Colleges and Universities

Loaded with exclusive liberal arts colleges, Ivy League universities, and elite private institutions (e.g., Duke, Stanford), the list includes few public …

by Future U/ February 21, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Rocky Road of Prosecuting Campus Sexual Assaults

Read this account of one case. It’s one chapter (of many chapters) associated with college football and campus sexual assault.

by Future U/ February 21, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS STORIES: Venture Capital Wealth Funds Scholarships for Low-Income Students

Connect, disconnect. Case in point: the University of Chicago. Read more here.

by Future U/ February 19, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Collegiate Expressions Of Religious and Ethnic Intolerance

American U., Virginia Tech, UCLA, Geo. Washington, and now the U of Arizona…. What’s going on?

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

NEWS BRIEFS: The Police And A Princeton Professor, Black Lives Matter

Arrested during a traffic stop, this professor was handcuffed to a table. Prosecutor says “police should be commended.”

by Future U/ February 14, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Faculty No Confidence Vote at Mount St. Mary’s

There’s another chapter in the distressing circumstance at Mount St. Mary’s. Read more here.

by Future U/ February 14, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Protest, You Ask? Yes, Say Many Incoming College Students

Results of a UCLA survey documents a rising level of student activism. Read more here.

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

NEWS BRIEFS: Are College Students Becoming More Liberally Intolerant?

A recently conducted survey of students says yes. Read more here.

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

NEWS BRIEFS: How Much Is Too Much? Hedge Funds and Higher Education Endowments

Read more here. Close to our home: “Michigan State University, with its $2.3 billion endowment, said its hedge fund allocation …

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

NEW BRIEFS: UC Berkeley Faces Budget Deficit

Important choices and trade-offs are being made at one of California’s flagship university. Read more here.

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

NEWS BRIEFS: Athletics and Campus Sexual Assaults at Tennessee and Baylor

Accusations of “deliberate indifference” at Tennessee…and a candlelight protest at Baylor….

by Future U/ February 10, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: College Readiness of Low-Income Students Stagnates

Read details in a new report from Inside Higher Education.

by Future U/ February 10, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Situation at Mount St. Mary’s Turns Collegiate Governance On Its Head

Outrageous in substance and frightening in scope, this president is firing faculty for being disloyal. Read details from Insider Higher Education.

by Future U/ February 10, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: With Enrollments and Profits Down, U. of Phoenix Becomes Privately Held Company

In the world of for-profit education “Caveat Emptor” has multiple meanings. Read more here.

by Future U/ February 9, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Responding to Campus Crises, Many Universities Rediscover the Importance of Race

What happened at Missouri, Yale, and other campuses is motivating many schools to elevate campus matters about race.

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

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