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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/

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/

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