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PERSPECTIVES: Are Middle-Class Families Finding It Harder To Pay For College?

Data suggest yes. Why? Financial assistance targets lower-income families. Upper-income families don’t need help. Those in the middle are squeezed. …

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

Opinion is from a commentary by Susan Dynarski, Univ. of Michigan, published recently in The New York Times.

by Future U/ May 8, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

It’s from The Nation. Read more here.

by Future U/ May 5, 2017/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

“Public higher education embodies the idea that people have a right to an affordable post-secondary education. Entitlement is a danger for the …

by Future U/ May 3, 2017/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Today’s trumped up circumstance ratchets up politicization to an all-time high. What to make of it? What to do? Read …

by Future U/ May 2, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

“Impostor syndrome is often a factor in the relationship between discrimination & depression and anxiety.” Read more from USAToday.

by Future U/ May 1, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

Read Henry A. Giroux’s essay, published recently in TruthDig and reprinted in LA Progressive.

by Future U/ April 30, 2017/ Articles, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

In 1947 Hannah Arendt wrote: “People who can no longer believe anything…are deprived not only of the capacity to act, …

by Future U/ April 28, 2017/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

USC’s Neighborhood Academic Initiative prepares underprivileged kids for higher education. Read more here.

by Future U/ April 27, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Achille Mbembe says yes. Read his provocative essay, published recently in The Mail and Guardian.

by Future U/ April 26, 2017/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

Presentation made by Terry Link, faculty emeritus, Michigan State University.

by Future U/ April 25, 2017/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

Presentation by Dr. Amy Jamison, Michigan State University

by Future U/ April 24, 2017/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

Here’s a must-read review article, written by Frank J. Whittington and published in The Gerontologist (2012).

by Future U/ April 23, 2017/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

Here’s why and what can be done about it. Read the disturbing commentary here.

by Future U/ April 21, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Pesky data get in the way of beliefs. Read more from The Washington Post.

by Future U/ April 20, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/