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PERSPECTIVES: Does This Public University Act More Like A Private University?

That’s what Brendan Novak thinks about the University of Virginia. Read his perspective as published in The Cavalier Daily.

by Future U/ March 11, 2018/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Student Rebuffed By A University President

How, then, is a student supposed to share concerns with her university president? Read more about the situation at Howard …

by Future U/ March 9, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Fans Share Blame Re College Athletics Scandals

WaPo: “Sports are so outsized in our culture, we have drifted from fundamental values…. Any time the stakes get high, …

by Future U/ March 3, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Michigan State Faculty Raise Questions, Again, About University Trustees

Trustees accorded a prestigious honor to former president L.K. Simon–quietly and without academic review. (From The Chronicle of Higher Education. Note: Premium …

by Future U/ March 1, 2018/ MSU, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Seasoned Presidential Leader Tapped To Lead An HBCU

Dr. Ruth Simmons, former president at both Brown University and Smith College, is the new president at Prairie View A&M …

by Future U/ February 27, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Celebrating Students As Agents Of Change

Students organizing for change isn’t new, thank goodness. “Adults” take note. Written by Frank A. Fear, professor emeritus, Michigan State …

by Frank Fear/ February 26, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: What’s Happening To Wisconsin’s Higher Education System? (“Ruinous,” UW Stout Student Senate)

Read Rachel Ida Buff’s interpretation from The Nation.

by Future U/ February 25, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Tom Watkins On Why Tuition-Free College Makes Sense

“We need to make higher education affordable…if we are going to have a workforce…to compete in the global marketplace….” Read …

by Future U/ February 24, 2018/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Backlash From An Op-Ed On Society

Prof. Amy Wax co-authored an op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer, “Paying the Price for the Breakdown of the Country’s Bourgeois Culture. Read …

by Future U/ February 21, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: New Angle On An Old Question, “Is College Worth It?

It depends, writes Derek Tharp in The Wall Street Journal. Aptitude and aspiration are key “yes” factors. Read more here.

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

PERSPECTIVES: Chomsky, “Welcome to Wal-Mart!”

“Faculty are increasingly hired on the Walmart model as temps.” Read more from AlterNet. 18

by Future U/ February 18, 2018/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Shared Governance, You Say? Here’s What AGB Has To Say

From the March 2017 White Paper published by The Association of Governing Boards of Colleges and Universities.

by Future U/ February 16, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: MSU Professor Critiques “Gilded Presidency”

In Dec., Michigan State U. Trustees bestowed former President L.K. Simon with one of the university’s highest honors–the John Hannah …

by Future U/ February 15, 2018/ MSU, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: On The Cost Of Higher Education … To Society

Julian Vigo: “A capitalist approach to higher education…/is an/…entry pass into the job market while depriving students of the critical skills …

by Future U/ February 13, 2018/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Yet Another Call For MSU Trustees To Resign

This call is from John Austin, a 16-year member and president of the State of Michigan Board of Education. Read …

by Future U/ February 12, 2018/ MSU, Perspectives/