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PERSPECTIVES: Price of Textbooks, $$$, Yowza!

“The poverty line for a family of three is $20,780…. Assuming textbooks cost…$1,400 a year, that amount represents nearly 7% …

by Future U/ September 2, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Academic Freedom and Librarians: What’s The Connection?

“The tussle is the latest example of a major research university’s struggle to draw the bounds of academic freedom — …

by Future U/ September 1, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: MSU ‘Cleared’ By NCAA, But What Does That Mean?

It’s jurisdictional, that is, in relation to matters over which the NCAA has oversight. Other bodies, including the U.S. Dept …

by Future U/ August 31, 2018/ MSU, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: College vs. Paycheck?

Rainesford Stauffer, a full-time graduate student, works over 40 hours per week. Read her commentary from The New York Times.

by Future U/ August 31, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Another Example Of Whitewashing At MSU

The intended issue of the alumni magazine became something quite different–Whitewashing By Design. Read more in a column by the Lansing …

by Future U/ August 28, 2018/ Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: More Bad Policies From The U.S. Department of Education

“This is what happens when an administration stocks its agencies with people whose allegiances are to the industries they are …

by Future U/ August 27, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Engler and Board: Bad Combination For Michigan State

“Now, each passing week, Engler is looking more and more like Donald Trump, trafficking in either lies or half-truths or …

by Future U/ August 26, 2018/ MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: When A President Emeritus Speaks Out

“Florida International is at risk of being relegated to ‘third-tier status’ in Florida,” Modesto (Mitch) Maidique wrote. “The university trustees are …

by Future U/ August 21, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Free Press? What About Campus Newspapers?

Are school newspapers free to critique what’s happening on campus? Liberty University said no. Read more from World Magazine.

by Future U/ August 20, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Transparency? Ah, Just Let Me Do My Job!

Purdue’s Mitch Daniels tells us all we need to know about how this university president feels about oversight. Read more …

by Future U/ August 16, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Is Activism Bad For Your Academic Health?

“My advisor argued that I needed to maybe begin toning it down because what I needed right now is science publications …

by Future U/ August 15, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: Did Maryland’s Football Culture Contribute To A Player’s Death?

The football culture at College Park has been called “toxic.” Read more from ESPN.

by Future U/ August 12, 2018/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Be Green!” Does It Serve A Corporate Agenda?

Although personal responsibility is admirable and needed, Martin Lucaks says it can detract activists’ attention from what should be their …

by Future U/ August 10, 2018/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: W.H. Auden Had It Right … 72 Years Ago

Auden wrote Under Which Lyre in 1946, delivering it publicly at Harvard University. His poem has worn well over the years. …

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

PERSPECTIVES: The Conversation That’s Not Happening on Campus

“About 3 million students on campus this fall will be sexually assaulted during their college years.” Read more at USA …

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