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PERSPECTIVES: ‘Free’ College Tuition Plans Don’t Factor In This Issue

It’s recession, and the impact it will have on the states’ ability to pay their share, which could be at …

by Future U/ October 22, 2019/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Number of English Majors Are Down Double Digits, But Society Needs More Not Fewer

Why? Economists speak out in this article published recently in the Washington Post.

by Future U/ October 21, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Concerned about The Glass Ceiling? America is Also Plagued by ‘The Glass Floor’

Many children of the elite end up in privileged positions, not because they deserve that status, but because they are …

by Future U/ October 20, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Rice University, Battling the Cost of Higher Education

Those accepted with a verified annual family income of $65k or less will receive full tuition, room/board, and fees. $65-$130k …

by Future U/ October 19, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Henry Giroux on the Connection Between Neoliberalism and Fascism

Listen to the audio/read an article as Giroux draws from his most recent book, The Terror of the Unforeseen. The …

by Future U/ October 18, 2019/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Shakeout in Higher Education Continues, Colleges Close and Merge

Moody’s projects an average of 15 colleges/universities will close per annum, as smaller and financially strapped schools pursue survival strategies. …

by Future U/ October 17, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Everyone Made Money Off My N.C.A.A. Career, Except Me” (commentary)

“California’s initiative to allow college athletes to profit from their talent is a boon especially for women and competitors in …

by Future U/ October 9, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Grad Students Aren’t Workers?

Grad students are demanding democracy in the workplace. Read more from Inequity.

by Future U/ October 5, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Higher Ed Needs a Reformation (commentary)

Erik Gilbert in Inside Higher Education: “If a movement comes along that poses a serious threat to the status quo in …

by Future U/ October 2, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Why Enter the Professoriate?

“What is the likelihood that they will enjoy the benefits that drew my generation to college and university teaching?” In …

by Future U/ September 28, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Higher Ed and ‘The Meritocracy,” What’s the Connection?

The New Yorker’s Lewis Menand explores the question in this far-reaching commentary. Read more here.

by Future U/ September 27, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: How ‘Degree Inflation’ Is Fueling the Student Debt Crisis

You’ve no doubt heard it before, “a college degree today is like what a high school used to be.” That’s …

by Future U/ September 24, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Good Teaching and Good Public Leadership, The Connection

USC’s Prof. Viet Thanh Nguyen offers insightful connections. Read it at the New York Times.

by Future U/ September 23, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Students Strike for Action on Climate Change … and More

Jamie Margolin is a 17-year-old high school senior, founder of The Zero Hour. Her essay was published in The New York …

by Future U/ September 20, 2019/ Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Headline in the Chicago Tribune, ‘Sad Saga at MSU Won’t End’ (recent story, nah, it’s from 1994)

Twenty-five years later most of the principals are gone except for two who have figured prominently in the current era–Ferguson …

by Future U/ September 19, 2019/ MSU, Perspectives/