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Why Are We Struggling in this Pandemic? Some Thoughts to Consider

The pandemic rages around the world. Even isolated villages and towns feel the impact of COVID-19. In Europe, leaders are …
by Roger Barbee/ November 4, 2020/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Impacts of Neoliberalism? Add Mental Health to the List

AYEISHA THOMAS-SMITH makes the case in her essay This is Your Brain on Neoliberalism, published last month by the New …
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PERSPECTIVES: Why are Black Employees Sharply Underrepresented in Higher Ed’s Top Ranks?

FROM ‘INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION’: Fewer than 8% of administrators are Black or African American, while more than 80% are white. …
by Future U/ October 29, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Statewide University Board Elections Victim of “Hyper-Partisan Politics”

It’s time to rethink the wisdom of having to get party approval for candidates to appear on statewide ballots. Read …
by Future U/ October 26, 2020/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: When a College Fight Song is Steeped in Racism

Christine Brennen writing in USA Today: “Tradition is lovely until we realize it’s racist or sexist or just plain awful. …
by Future U/ October 25, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Should College Sports Be Played This Year? A Student-Athlete’s Take

How would you feel if your season was taken away from you in a blink of an eye? Not having …
by Anna Newman/ October 23, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Faculty Leaders Say Increasing Number of Black Faculty–Important But Insufficient

From INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION: “Anthea Butler, an associate professor of religion and Africana studies at Penn, said, ‘These individual campus …
by Future U/ October 20, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Neoliberalism and the Increase in the Size of Higher Ed Administration

Professor Beth Baker: “It erodes the role of faculty, staff, and students in decision-making and shared governance, and does so …
by Future U/ October 12, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: “What I Learned From Serving on Academic Senate”

Michael Bérubé, Penn State University: “Shared governance is not merely a matter of faculty and central administration but, rather, a …
by Future U/ October 7, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

More Evidence that Revenue-Based College Sports Has Lost Its Way

The deal between the University of Colorado and online gambling company, PointsBet, represents a new low in college sports’ devolution.
by Frank Fear/ October 5, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: How Higher Ed Can Tackle Systemic Racism

Valyncia C. Raphael and Zachary S. Ritter offer practical steps. From Inside Higher Education. Read more here.
by Future U/ October 4, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Now is a Time to Focus on Shared Governance and Developing Institutional Leaders Among Faculty and Staff”

So say Freeman A. Hrabowski, president, Philip J. Rous, provost, and Sarah J. Shin, associate provost, University of Maryland, Baltimore …
by Future U/ October 3, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: “When Avoiding the Truth is Part of Your University’s Business Model”

Sierra Elise Hansen, columnist, Michigan Daily: “The business model the University uses is not unique from the traditional college and …
by Future U/ September 28, 2020/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: ‘They Put the Institution Before the Victims’ Is Sobering Conclusion of New Book on Sexual Assaults

It’s no secret that America has ‘an institution problem.’ Institutional self-serving behavior is the issue. That’s the bottom line in …
by Frank Fear/ September 27, 2020/ Book Review, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

VIDEO: “The Enablers,” Institutional Actors in Sexual Assaults

Featuring Amos Guiora and Elizabeth Abdnour, stimulated by Guiora’s new book, Armies of Enablers.
by Future U/ September 26, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society, Video/
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