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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/

NEWS BRIEFS: NYC To Pay Greater Share of CUNY Costs

So says Gov. Cuomo in his just-unveiled state budget proposal. Read more here. “Shifting one-third of the cost of CUNY …

by Future U/ January 15, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

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