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PERSPECTIVES: ‘It’s All About Winning’ as Iona Hires Scandal-Plagued Rick Pitino as Head Basketball Coach

Pat Forde: “Pitino is a coaching genius. He is also a rules compliance disaster…. Iona will own every criticism out …
by Future U/ March 14, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Big Differences in Biden’s and Sanders’s Higher Ed Plans

Insider Higher Education does a comparison. Read more here.
by Future U/ March 9, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Naomi Klein on Neoliberalism and America’s Politics

“The Democratic Party needs to be either decisively wrested from pro-corporate neoliberals or it needs to be abandoned,” writes Klein …
by Future U/ March 8, 2020/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: College Education, Pathway to Social Mobility?

“I lived in a public housing…because I could no longer afford rent…. I had just quit my $15-an-hour receptionist job …
by Future U/ March 5, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Where Hype Meets Higher Education: “Learning Communities”

Is Steve Minz a provocateur, a truth-teller or both? “Learning communities speak to our highest aspirations: to make higher education …
by Future U/ March 4, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: UC San Diego Faculty to School Administrators: “Let’s Practice What We Research”

Faculty Task Force urges the university to “slash 300,000 tons of carbon dioxide UCSD puts into the air each year. …
by Future U/ March 3, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: St. Louis University Survey Reveals Low Faculty Morale Amid Administrative Inaction

In response, did the SLU president hire a ‘crisis manager’ as his chief of staff? Read more from ‘Saving SLU.”
by Future U/ February 27, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: NYT’s David Leonhardt Promotes Bloomberg’s College Plan

From The New York Times Opinion, February 18, 2020: Bloomberg’s plan focuses on need, quality, and cost.
by Future U/ February 25, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: University President Declares, “College is ‘Increasingly not relevant’

“The value of what we’re doing is being defined externally, and the market is signaling to us that they do …
by Future U/ February 23, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “University responses to racism must be proactive, not just reactive,” The State News

“What’s done is done — and now, it joins a long list of other racist incidents that happened at Michigan …
by Future U/ February 21, 2020/ MSU, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: MSU’s New Football Coach is African American, and that Makes It a National News Story

Frank Fear: “Hiring an African American head coach is an exception to the rule in major college football. 90% of …
by Future U/ February 20, 2020/ Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Does ‘Free Public Tuition’ Work for Michigan?

“Michigan ranks 21st in the nation in high school graduation rates, but just 33rd in the percentage of adults with …
by Future U/ February 16, 2020/ MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Wallpaper Over Your Mistakes with Stacks of Cash and Hope it Works Out”

That’s how Pat Forde describes the culmination of the Michigan State football search. His scathing critique was published in Sports …
by Future U/ February 12, 2020/ MSU, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVE: Stance of this University President Belies Reality of Student Debt in America

Imagine the reactions of students and families with student debt burdens as they read the self-serving spin woven by this …
by Frank Fear/ February 9, 2020/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Why Have We Allowed Public Salaries and Perks of Public Servants to Get So Out of Hand?

It’s time to call out authorities who authorize outrageous payouts.   
by Terry Link/ February 6, 2020/ Perspectives, Society/
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