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PERSPECTIVES: ‘Pissed Off MSU’ Issues ‘Disorientation Guide’

“Oppression breeds resistance,” writes Pissed Off MSU. “Students and youth have fought back every step of the way… It is …

by Future U/ May 21, 2019/ MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Another Deadly Frat Story, This Time at Central Michigan U.

Jack Stripling of The Chronicle of Higher Education shares the story. Read more here.

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

PERSPECTIVES: Higher Ed Donors Should Link Contributions to Exercise of Free Speech (op-ed)

“American colleges and universities raised $47 billion in the fiscal year that ended June 30. By making those gifts contingent …

by Future U/ May 15, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Are ‘Income Share Agreements’ A Good Vehicle To Address Student Loan Debt?

Purdue University thinks so. Many others do, too. But what’s certain about ISA’s is that borrowers will be evaluated– akin …

by Future U/ May 12, 2019/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: What’s the Long-Term Impact of Going to a Top University?

By one measure (earning power), data show that those at both the low and high ends of the income spectrum …

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

PERSPECTIVES: CEO on “Misguided Efforts to Turn Campuses Into Professional Boot Camps”

Roger W. Ferguson Jr. is president and CEO of TIAA. His commentary on the importance of the liberal arts was …

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

The Higher Education I Knew

Higher education—once a social institution—has become corporatized.

by Frank Fear/ May 2, 2019/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: MSU Alumnus Calls For MSU Transparency, Engagement

“While many leadership searches in higher education are conducted in the dark,” writes MSU alumnus, Ken Stanecki, Michigan State is …

by Future U/ May 1, 2019/ MSU, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “We Skimp on the Students Who Need the Most Help”

Richard D. Kahlenberg writes: “Year after year, policymakers have chosen to severely underfund America’s two-year community colleges with the full …

by Future U/ April 26, 2019/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Warren’s College Proposal Misses the Mark

Catherine Rampell argues that Warren’s plan gives “bigger benefits to higher-income families than to lower-income ones that actually need the …

by Future U/ April 25, 2019/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Unjust College Aid System Creates Systematic Barriers for America’s Lower-Income Students

Emmaline Clein writes: “Ninety percent of students’ whose federal financial-aid applications require “verification,” an audit to prove their self-reported financial status, …

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

NEWSBRIEFS: No Settlement Reached in Second Wave Lawsuits Against MSU

“The cases are part of the 160-plus complaints filed as part of the second wave of lawsuits against MSU in …

by Future U/ April 23, 2019/ MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Students and Alumni Reflect on Their HBCU Experiences

Read their commentaries from the Los Angeles Times.

by Future U/ April 22, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: The ‘Death’ of Education

W.J. Astore writes: “Nowadays, education in America is about…learning for the sake of earning, i.e. developing so-called marketable skills that …

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

PERSPECTIVES: When a $75k+ Price Tag is Anything But

At Yale, “families with household incomes of less than $65,000 are not expected to contribute any funds to pay for …

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