PERSPECTIVES: Crony Capitalism Under the Guise of Philanthropy at University of Tulsa
Professor Jacob Howland is McFarlin Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tulsa. His article appeared in The Nation.
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NEWS BRIEFS: MSU Hires Law Firm To Investigate Nassar Handling
It’s the second time that the university has committed resources to study what happened and how. Michigan Attorney General Dana …
June 22, 2019/
Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: University of California Addresses Admissions Fraud
The safeguards “include stronger verification of claims on students’ applications, reviews of potential links between donors and applicants, and stricter …
June 21, 2019/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: New Tax Law Has Implications for Collegiate Philanthropy
Tax benefits from philanthropy come by way of itemizing, and 90% of filers last year didn’t. Higher ed could see …
June 20, 2019/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Higher Education’s ‘Competition Fetish”
Professor Rajani Naidoo: “The competition fetish produces the conviction that ‘there is no alternative.'” It’s the business of higher education, the …
June 19, 2019/
Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: With Election 2020 Looming, ‘Free’ College is on the Political Radar
Eighteen of the 23 Democratic candidates have announced support for tuition-free higher education (in one form or another). Twenty states …
June 18, 2019/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: New Study Throws Shade At Rising College Graduation Rates
“Collectively, student characteristics, institutional resources, and institution attended do not explain much of the change,” write Jeffrey T. Denning, Eric R. Eide, …
June 15, 2019/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: Same Old Story, At U. of Houston This Time–Who Know What and When?
UH’s women’s soccer players experienced a serious health situation. Investigative reporting shows U officials knew and didn’t respond.
June 14, 2019/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: What Happened to an Affordable College Education?
Professor Lawrence Wittner comments. Read more from LA Progressive.
June 13, 2019/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: Another Physician Sexual Assault Case, This Time at UCLA
The LA Times reports.
June 10, 2019/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Koch Pursues New Strategy To Politics — Fund Charity Work
Charity work of a certain kind, it’s philanthropy with a political purpose. Read more from The Associated Press.
June 9, 2019/
Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: How Other Countries Make College Affordable
The New York Times has details. Read more here.
June 8, 2019/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: Watchdog Group Evaluates Geo Washington U Center and Finds Charles Koch Lurking
From The Chronicle: “In a new report released on Monday by the nonprofit consumer-advocacy group Public Citizen, which says that the …
June 6, 2019/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Colleges & Community Work Go Together In A Commonwealth
Alice Lloyd explains.
June 5, 2019/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: Yowza! Did You See That Grad School Bill?!
$109k loan to matriculate toward an MSW at Southern Cal…$176 in loans to pay for a film master’s degree at …
June 4, 2019/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/