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PERSPECTIVES: (On the Elimination of MSU’s Men’s & Women’s Swimming and Diving) “I’m told I need to move on, find another hobby and leave the sport that has molded my identity since I was 4 years old.”

"I will continue to “beat the broken drum” and just keep swimming until it’s impossible for the administration to ignore …
by Future U/ May 24, 2022/ MSU, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVE: NY Times Editorial Board’s Cogent Argument about Student Debt

"An across-the-board cancellation would be tremendously regressive,"
by Future U/ May 16, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: It’s Time to Reconcile the Connection Betweem Student Needs and Faculty Expectations

Meeting students where they are needs to be reconciled with meeting faculty where they are.
by Future U/ May 13, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVE: What’s Happening at Grinnell Gives Hope

The college president endorses the outcome of an election that expands an on-campus union to cover every student worker.
by Future U/ April 30, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Why Michigan State’s Enrollment is Increasing

One reason is MSU's 76% acceptance rate, one of the highest rates in the Big Ten.
by Future U/ April 27, 2022/ MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: The Case for Eliminating Student Debt

"Debt (is disproportionately distributed) by burdening Black students and women, (and affecting) prospects for homeownership, starting a family, and saving …
by Future U/ April 24, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: More on CMU’s Steep Undergraduate Enrollment Drop

A major issue won't be admitted or discussed publicly.
by Future U/ April 18, 2022/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: “English?! Who Needs English?”

Cuts at Purdue questioned.
by Future U/ April 16, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The End of Neoliberalism?

Neoliberalism "was able to attract such strange bedfellows as Steve Jobs and Barry Goldwater, Ralph Nader and Ronald Reagan, and …
by Future U/ April 15, 2022/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Review of New Campus-Based Film, “Master”

"It is a tricky proposition to be "in" but not "of" an oppressive culture."
by Frank Fear/ April 14, 2022/ Film review, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Is “Institutional Complacency” the Reason for CMU’s Steep Enrollment Drop?

CMU's enrollment has dropped 12k students from 27k undergrads (2012) to 15k undergrads (2022).
by Future U/ April 11, 2022/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Student Debt Crisis Hits Black Women Hardest

"Black women carry more student debt per capita, carry it for longer, make less money, and have less help when …
by Future U/ April 10, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: “Astonishing, Remarkable” Case of Academic Freedom

"It’s astonishing to me that a tenured professor who is not being punished in any way can receive an outpouring …
by Future U/ April 6, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Central Michigan U, Among other Michigan Public Universities, in Throes of Significant Enrollment Decline

"The Mount Pleasant university, like many colleges, lost students during the COVID-19 pandemic. But CMU's 22% loss was the largest …
by Future U/ April 3, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Harvard Reports 3.2% Admission Rate Amid Enrollment Struggle at Many Other Schools

Fierce admission competition at competitive schools is not the reality elsewhere as "many community colleges and regional public and private …
by Future U/ April 2, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/
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