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PERSPECTIVES: Student Drinking On Campus Is As Problematic As Ever

Read a personal interpretation published in The New York Times. “Blacking out” on campus.

by Future U/ September 19, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: This Columnist Thinks “College Rankings Are A Joke”

Read what NYT’s columnist, Frank Bruni, has to say. Read more here.

by Future U/ September 19, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Even With Big Subsidies, Lower-Tier Football Teams Need Big Paychecks From Big Schools To Balance Athletic Budgets

Called pejoratively “body-bag games” you can chalk up this practice to the reality context of major college sports. But should it continue? …

by Future U/ September 18, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Penn State’s ‘Daily Collegian’ On PSU’s Decision to Celebrate Joe Paterno

Read the editorial here. Read a commentary from The New York Times. (Cover photo, courtesy NYTs.)

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

PERSPECTIVES: “I Walked Into A Campus Bookstore Without Books”

Hype-commercialization of the academic book market–coupled with the rise of electronic booksellers, like Amazon.com–is transforming campus bookstores to “campus stores.” Read more …

by Future U/ September 17, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The “Precariat” And Its Application to Higher Education

Precariat is class of people whose lives lack predictability/financial security. The term applies to many part-time & adjunct faculty members who try to …

by Future U/ September 17, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The Case For TA And RA Unions At Private Universities

From the NYTs: “For decades, universities treated graduate teaching and research assistants not as professionals in their own right, but …

by Future U/ September 12, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Pluralistic Commonwealth, The Concept And Vision

Gar Alperovitz explains. He’s The Lionel R. Bauman professor of political economy, University of Maryland. Read more here. (Article courtesy of …

by Future U/ September 10, 2016/ Articles, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Incredible Life Of An Engaged College President

John R. Coleman, once president of Haverford College, was an engaged scholar and administrator, including (among other things) organizing college presidents against the …

by Future U/ September 9, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/