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PERSPECTIVES: Where Does Higher Education Need To Go?

Jeff Selingo and colleagues have written a new report entitled, The Future(s) of Higher Education. In it, they identify five models …

by Future U/ October 29, 2018/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Mission drift causes colleges and universities to offer programs that extend beyond their founding mandates. Here’s an interpretation with focus …

by Future U/ October 28, 2018/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Reclaim MSU has prepared a policy proposal to ensure a credible future for Michigan State University. Read it. Support it. …

by Future U/ October 27, 2018/ MSU, Perspectives/

Enter the Koch-funded Center for Growth and Policy at Utah State University. Read more here.

by Future U/ October 26, 2018/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

“You will miss out on a host of other relevant and fascinating skills and departments when you confine yourself to …

by Future U/ October 25, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

And Bloomberg reports the situation is about to explode. Riley Griffin tells why.

by Future U/ October 23, 2018/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

Here’s an excerpt (from Pacific Standard) of Joshua Hunt’s new book, University of Nike: How Corporate Cash Bought American Higher Education. It’s …

by Future U/ October 22, 2018/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

The time frame–over about thirty years, starting in the ’80s. The evolution–from a public good to what’s best for the …

by Future U/ October 20, 2018/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

It involved a group of Wyoming football players, who became known as “The Black 14.” Read the story and watch …

by Future U/ October 18, 2018/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

The reasoning is a mix of politics, legalities, and economics, writes Richard G. Johnson. Johnson was plaintiff’s counsel in Oliver v. …

by Future U/ October 16, 2018/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

At UC, the core curriculum is organized around four essential questions: What should matter to me? How should we live …

by Future U/ October 15, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

From Inside Higher Education: Jason Stanley, Urowsky Prof of Philosophy, Yale: “If universities are to retain their values, it will …

by Future U/ October 14, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Marjorie Valbrun from Inside Higher Education: “A record $50 million gift to Saint Louis University gave donors the right to help …

by Future U/ October 9, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

The record shows that higher ed is adjusting to the temperament and preferences of students born in 1995 and following. …

by Future U/ October 8, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

A good (even superior) return on endowment investments says nothing about these questions: In what is a university investing? In …

by Future U/ October 4, 2018/ MSU, Perspectives, Society/