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PERSPECTIVES: Impact of the Virus on College Towns

“The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t just a higher education problem in college towns. The virus is shaking the economics of places …

by Future U/ May 7, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Ohio U, Poster University for Higher Ed’s New Reality?

For higher education, the new reality seems to be an extension of the old reality. COVID-19 is the precipitating event …

by Future U/ May 6, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Tuition-free College Plan ‘Smart investment for Michigan’s future”

Michelle Miller-Adams, senior researcher at the Upjohn Institute and professor, Grand Valley State University: “Experience has shown that a simple …

by Future U/ May 4, 2020/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Kent State and More … Never Ended

“MLK made a prediction: ‘If we do not act, we shall surely be dragged down the long, dark, and shameful …

by Future U/ April 26, 2020/ Articles, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: And Now We Ban Books?

The road of removing, banning, or burning books is full of danger. To ban one book leads to banning more …

by Roger Barbee/ April 25, 2020/ Articles, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: COVID-19 Delivers Unimaginable Blow to Higher Ed

Colleges and universities plan for emergencies, but not one like this. Read Adam Harris’ informative essay in The Atlantic.

by Future U/ April 22, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: American Public, University Presidents Differ Significantly on ‘Free Tuition’

From Pew Research Center: “Among all U.S. adults, 63% favor making tuition at public colleges free, including 37% who strongly favor …

by Future U/ March 26, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: How Higher Ed Can Lend a Hand to High School Seniors

Patrick O’Connor recommends a number of ways colleges and universities can help college-going high school seniors during this time of …

by Future U/ March 18, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: For This Collegiate Athletic Association, It’s Sports as Usual

The National Collegiate Wrestling Association needs to be called out for its callous disregard of public health. Roger Barbee has …

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

PERSPECTIVES: Should Universities Divest From Fossil Fuels? Sachs Says Yes

Jeffrey Sachs: “Students have pushed university administrators to divest, while administrators have pushed back, lecturing students about the “real world” …

by Future U/ March 15, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

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/

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