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PERSPECTIVES: Do Hedge Funds Have Universities?

“Discouraging superwealthy schools from pumping cash into stocks, hedge funds and private equity should lead to increased spending on education …

by Future U/ November 19, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Is Neoliberalism Dying?

Ed Walker responds in his essay, “The Slow Death of Neoliberalism.”

by Future U/ November 18, 2017/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Do Departments Matter?

Eliminating every department at SIU is a plan proposed by the university’s president. Read more.

by Future U/ November 17, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Oppose The Proposed Tax Hike On Graduate Students

Here’s the editorial stance from Nature.

by Future U/ November 16, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: It’s Time To Clean Up University Endowments

Frank Fear: ” Universities do good things with endowment income, but the public needs to know more about how their donations …

by Future U/ November 11, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Villanova Prof Says Universities Need To Take More Responsibility For Cleaning Up College Sports

Prof. Rick Eckstein concludes that the NCAA gets scapegoated for higher education’s failures. Read his take from Salon. “Universities are …

by Future U/ November 7, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The Neoliberal University We’ve Experienced

Read a provocative analysis written by two professors and a department chair. Their work was published in WORLD SOCIAL and …

by Future U/ November 6, 2017/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Neoliberalism And Polarized America

Professor Rubén Martinez elaborates.

by Future U/ October 29, 2017/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: University President, Shouted Down From Giving His State Of University Address, Responds

Michael H. Schill is president of the University of Oregon. Read more from The New York Times.

by Future U/ October 23, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Should Public Pension Funds And Public University Endowments Invest In Hedge Funds?

It’s a debatable question. But is it debatable when a hedge fund is run by the co-owner of Breitbart News? Here’s …

by Future U/ October 21, 2017/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Christopher Newfield — Free Speech On Campus

Focusing on risk management & brand management are false alternatives to the fundamental purpose of higher education. Read more in an …

by Future U/ October 20, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Neoliberalism’s Impact on Public Higher Education

Read an analysis written by Professor Gus Bagakis, professor emeritus, San Francisco State University. “Neoliberalism doesn’t want to abolish universities; …

by Future U/ October 19, 2017/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Boyer’s Vision For ‘Community’ On College Campuses

Over thirty years ago Ernest Boyer articulated a vision for ‘community’ in higher education. It’s worth revisiting.

by Future U/ October 18, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: State Of Midwest Research Universities

It’s the topic of this feature article published in The Atlantic.

by Future U/ October 16, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Henry Giroux on ‘Rethinking Higher Education’

…in a time of tyranny…. Read more here.

by Future U/ October 15, 2017/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/