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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/

NEWS BRIEFS: US Dept. of Ed Identifies High Value Schools for Low-Income Families

All but three schools on the list–GA Tech, Mich, and UVA–are high-profile private institutions. Read more here.

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

PERSPECTIVES: The Fight to Clean Up For-Profit Higher Ed

“One for-profit college charges $53k for a degree in dental hygiene that costs 1/6th as much at the state’s public colleges.” Read …

by Future U/ February 7, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Reconfiguring College, Making It Short and Sweet

“College has a lot in common with your cable TV package, according to Michael Horn, a principal consultant at innovation agency Entangled Solutions…. Some students …

by Future U/ February 7, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: When It Comes to Faculty Work and Extension, The More Things Change, The More They Remain the Same

What’s the connection between Extension & the faculty reward system? The answer–at the root of a reform movement that began in …

by Future U/ February 5, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Adjuncts in Homeless Shelters? Yes.

It’s time to have a national conversation about the plight of adjuncts. Why? Read here.

by Future U/ February 4, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Profile of Student Debt By Field of Study

Read the results of a Washington Post study of debt carried by academic field of study.

by Future U/ February 3, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Major Student Body Shift At Many (But Not All) Major Public Universities

Big increases are documented in the percentage of out-of-state undergraduates. See which schools lead the way and which schools are bucking the …

by Future U/ February 1, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Major University Jumps Gun Releasing Public Health Research Results

Drinking chocolate milk…protective function for concussions? Doesn’t seem possible. And it might not be.

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

NEWS BRIEFS: Records Show Big Increase in Higher Ed Funding By Koch Brothers

According to tax records foundations led by C. & F. Koch gave $23+ million in ’14—up from $12+ million in ’12. “Grants almost always …

by Future U/ January 31, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: “Give Native Americans Smallpox-Infested Blankets”

“Lord Jeff,” for Lord Jeffery Amherst, is no longer the mascot at Amherst College…and for good reasons. Read more here.

by Future U/ January 31, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

NEWS ARTICLES: Athletic Philanthropy Yields $1 Billion+ Last Year

The athletic “have’s” need donors. The athletic “have not’s” need subsidies. Combined total last year: $4 billion+.

by Future U/ January 29, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS ARTICLES: When Does Tenure Matter?

The case of Lake Superior State University is worth following. Read more here.

by Future U/ January 29, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Making a Business Out of Syllabi

What happens in the classroom, stays in the…no…goes public. Read more.

by Future U/ January 25, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: U of Oregon Scales Back on Branding Campaign

“The original campaign was inane and insulting,” Bill Harbaugh, economics prof & president-elect, U of O’s University Senate. Read more.

by Future U/ January 20, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

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