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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/

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/

Emily Witt writes for The New Yorker.

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

“As universities face pressure to demonstrate their value, engaged scholarship is more important than ever,” Diana Brazzell writes in Inside …

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

Fort Lewis College (CO), like so many other lower-tier schools, is eliminating languages in exchange for offering students ‘marketable skills.’ …

by Future U/ February 12, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

“The reason that students at Yale and places like it can “afford” to major in history is that they have …

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

Professors Wilde and Finkelstein authored this letter to RECLAIM MSU. In it, they share the results of their research work …

by Future U/ February 10, 2019/ MSU, Perspectives, Society/

Inger Bergom and Spencer Piston cite Grinnell College as a case in point. Read more from Inside Higher Education.

by Future U/ February 8, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

Read LSJ’s editorial opinion here.

by Future U/ February 7, 2019/ Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives, Society/

Not a lot, but what we know is summarized by RJ Wolcott of the Lansing State Journal. Read more here,

by Future U/ February 5, 2019/ MSU, Perspectives, Society/

UCS presents a list of the ways the Trump Administration is attacking science, undermining scientists, and sidelining the use of …

by Future U/ February 4, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

“Graying of American debt,” The NY Fed Reserve calls it. Politico reports that “debt held by borrowers between the ages …

by Future U/ February 3, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Noted author Jon Krakauer comments on the possible closing/merger of his alma mater. It’s from The New York Times.

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

“I had enough guts and balls to represent the university,” Joel Ferguson told The City Pulse. “Despite attacks, ‘I’m not …

by Future U/ February 1, 2019/ MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

“No matter how many warnings Engler was given, his next gaffe was always just around the corner. For as callous …

by Future U/ January 30, 2019/ MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/