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PERSPECTIVES: “A Society Without Grounding in Ethics, Self-Reflection, Empathy and Beauty Has Lost Its Way”

Says Brian Rosenberg, president emeritus, Macalester College. It’s why higher education–and a liberal arts education, especially–is so important. Read more …

by Future U/ June 6, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Just One-Third of Recent U.S. Grads Confident That Alma Mater Would Fully Investigate Sexual Assault Reports

Read Gallup survey results and report here.

by Future U/ June 5, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Reopening Campus Requires Special Measures to Keep the Virus in Check

“Test all students on arrival, then again after one to two weeks, and periodically throughout the semester (though where colleges …

by Future U/ June 2, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Will Students Pay Full-Price for Full-Time Virtual Ed?

One of the many reasons why more and more colleges/universities are welcoming students to campus this fall is the dicey …

by Future U/ June 1, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Does Stanford’s ‘Easy Fusion With Big Business’ Explain Faculty Contrarian Views Re COVID-19?

Jeet Heer argues the case in this article from The Nation.

by Future U/ May 31, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Video/

PERSPECTIVES: Telling Narrative About How Higher Education Uses Its Wealth

Columbia University is the focus of this article co-authored by R.H. Lossin and Lexie Cook. “Columbia has toed an all-too-familiar …

by Future U/ May 30, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Colleges and Universities NEED to Re-Open for Fall Semester

‘Why’ is a long list–to retain students, to buffer financial shortfalls, and to offer athletics are just a few of …

by Future U/ May 28, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: New Federal Title IX Regulations. Just How Concerned Should We Be?

‘Very’ writes Harvard professor Jeannie Suk Gersen in The New Yorker. Read why here.

by Future U/ May 27, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Brewer’s Critique of Major College Football Has Legs

“College football is an unofficial professional sport, profiting off labor paid in scholarships rather than cash, the key operation of …

by Future U/ May 26, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: What Needs to Happen for MSU to Offer Campus-Based Education?

Here’s the take from The State News.

by Future U/ May 24, 2020/ MSU, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Avoiding Traps in Crisis Thinking–A Higher Education Priority

“During a time of crisis, people are prone to focus on the tactical…but doing so is operating according to our …

by Future U/ May 20, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: College Towns, Not Just Colleges, Are Suffering Through Pandemic

“Big drops in state funding and tuition are already devastating budgets, forcing salary cuts and layoffs at a rapid rate. Fewer U.S. …

by Future U/ May 17, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: ‘GI Bill’ for Adult Workers Would Accelerate Economic Recovery

Grand Valley State professor Michelle Miller-Adams: “Much as the G.I. Bill served to power the postwar American economy, a federal guarantee …

by Future U/ May 16, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Did University Execs Mismanage Finances at Ohio U?

“Blame has been laid squarely at the doorstep of university administrators, who are viewed by employees as having chronically mismanaged …

by Future U/ May 11, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Company Releases COVID-19 Impact Projections on Higher Education

It’s bad news for the sector. EDMIT “estimated that COVID-19 will decrease colleges’ tuition revenue by 10% in the first …

by Future U/ May 10, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/