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PERSPECTIVES: Rethinking Solutions To College Debt

“Debt distress is disproportionately concentrated in certain segments of the market, including professional schools and for-profit four-year colleges.” Read this …

by Future U/ December 24, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Malcolm Kerr’s Legacy

Dr. Kerr, a distinguished academic, was assassinated in Beirut. His legacy lives on. Read more in this feature story from The …

by Future U/ December 23, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Investigative Report On Handling Sexual Assault Claims: Focus on Michigan State

Investigative report published in The Lansing State Journal. Read more here.

by Future U/ December 21, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Poor, At An Elite College, Home For The Holidays

Here’s one story about what it’s like. Written by a student, published in The Washington Post. Read it here.

by Future U/ December 20, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: All Colleges Aren’t The Same…And We Need To Understand How

Anthony P. Carnevale, director, Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, argues inequities in higher education are exacerbating racial inequality. …

by Future U/ December 16, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Bloomberg’s Plan For Making College More Diverse

It’s especially relevant for America’s top colleges and universities. Read more from The New York Times.

by Future U/ December 15, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Sign The Petition Against the PROFESSOR WATCHLIST

Go here. Sponsored by The American Association of University Professors.

by Future U/ December 14, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: When You’re Told, “No, You Can’t Publish It”

Read about Alice Dreger’s situation at Northwestern. Text is from the Afterword, Galileo’s Middle Finger: Heretics, Activists, and One Scholar’s …

by Future U/ December 14, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Read And Support “Report From The Committee on Freedom of Expression,” University of Chicago

Read the Committee’s report here. Sign a national petition sponsored by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). Encourage …

by Future U/ December 10, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVE: “I Am A Dangerous Professor”

Thoughtful essay written by Emory’s George Yancy (From The New York Times).

by Future U/ December 9, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: With Professor WatchList, Notre Dame Faculty Say: “Please Add My Name!”

More than 100 ND faculty members are eager to have their names added to a conservative faculty watchlist that targets …

by Future U/ December 9, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Without Tenure, Professors Act Like Terrified Sheep”

“Does tenure protect intellectual freedom or force academics to think the same way?” Read Alice Dreger’s provocative essay (from AEON).

by Future U/ December 9, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Population Shifts and Trends Challenge College Enrollments

Population declines in some regions, growth in others, and greater diversity all around are hallmarks of demographic patterns in college-age America. Read …

by Future U/ December 8, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Is There A Connection Between Conspiracy Beliefs And Education Level?

Read a thoughtful piece from NPR written by Tania Lombrozo, psychology professor, University of California, Berkeley

by Future U/ December 7, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Troubling Hire At Liberty University

The situation at Baylor regarding sexual assaults is known nationally. Liberty just hired the former Baylor athletics director in the …

by Future U/ December 5, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

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