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PERSPECTIVES: Admissions Fraud–Not the Only Way Elites’ Kids Get Into Elite Schools

Richard V. Reeves: “Elite colleges are serving to reinforce class inequality, rather than reduce it. The opaque, complex, unfair admissions …

by Future U/ March 13, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: ‘Trump Bump’ Benefits HBCU’s and Women’s Colleges

“It has been called the Trump bump, the black renaissance. and the Missouri effect: a noticeable increase in students applying to …

by Future U/ March 11, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: In 2014, MSU Title IX Investigator Raised Concerns About Title IX Review/Report

Read Alexandra Illitch’s report in Veracity.

by Future U/ March 10, 2019/ MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: CA Judge Rules Favorably Re Compensation for Revenue-Generating College Athletes, But….

The judge concluded that nothing is unacceptable, but raised questions about ‘how much.’ Where is the dividing line between pro …

by Future U/ March 9, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Here’s What An Assault On Academic Governance Looks Like

The governing board at Maricopa County Community colleges has moved to strip the colleges of longstanding governance structures and practices. …

by Future U/ March 8, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Nontraditional Colleges Under Pressure

Hampshire, Goddard, Green Mountain, and other alternative colleges are struggling, and some (e.g., Green Mountain) have announced they will close their …

by Future U/ March 7, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: As ‘March Madness’ Nears, National Faculty Group Calls Out NCAA

The Drake Group is a national organization of faculty and others whose mission is to defend academic integrity in higher …

by Future U/ March 6, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: In “Priviledged Poor,” Author Describes How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students

Read Laura Pappano’s review from The Washington Post.

by Future U/ March 2, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Is It Academic Prioritization Or Disciplinary Culling?

“Higher ed has become a business /with/winners and losers. The biggest losers are a generation of students who are being …

by Future U/ March 1, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: In Book Review, Vostal Endorses Smyth’s Higher Education Critique

John Smyth is the author of The Toxic University. In his review, Filip Vostal writes: “Academics are profoundly passive…from the ‘invasion’ …

by Future U/ February 24, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: “MSU Is Now a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Democratic Party”

So says Chuck Moss, MSU alum and former state representative (Michigan’s 40th District). Engler did what the MSU Board asked him …

by Future U/ February 20, 2019/ MSU, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: African American Academic Mathematicians Measured in Handfuls

Fewer than 1% of doctorates in math are awarded to African-Americans. Here’s a story about one of those few. It’s …

by Future U/ February 18, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Is Math Less Expensive To Teach Than English?

The answer might surprise you. Read the analysis by Professors Hemelt, Stange, Farquim, Simon, and Sawyer, published by the National …

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

PERSPECTIVES: Is Steven Brint Giddy About Higher Education?

In Two Cheers for Higher Education, Brint offers a balanced view of the enterprise. Read Steven Mintz’s review in Inside Higher …

by Future U/ February 16, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: 2018, Banner Year For Youth Activism

Emily Witt writes for The New Yorker.

by Future U/ February 14, 2019/ Perspectives, Society/

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