Society Archive

PERSPECTIVES: Public Well-Served By Campus Newspapers

College newspapers: “Student journalists have been kept busy breaking news of campus outbreaks, pushing for transparency from administrators, and publishing …

by Future U/ September 20, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Michigan State U Upgrades its COVID-19 Dashboard, But More Improvement is Needed

MSU Professor Sarah Reckhow writes: “MSU is not testing enough–our positivity rate is around 15%, and the university dashboard is …

by Future U/ September 19, 2020/ MSU, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Wagner College President Says “Higher Ed Has a Civic Imperative”

RICHARD GUARASCI: “The renewal of higher learning must begin with the reestablishment of its civic mission—a mission not limited to …

by Future U/ September 18, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

The Super Spreader Called ‘Attending a College Football Game’

College sports fans are putting themselves in harm’s way, and institutional leaders are enablers.

by Roger Barbee/ September 17, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Protests Continue at University of Michigan

“Anger from faculty members, staff, and students toward the Michigan administration had been brewing for months, but in early September, …

by Future U/ September 16, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: ‘They Put the Institution Before the Victims’ Is Sobering Conclusion of New Book on Sexual Assaults

It’s no secret that America has ‘an institution problem.’ Institutional self-serving behavior is the issue. That’s the bottom line in …

by Frank Fear/ September 15, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Organizing Effort Targets More Coronavirus Testing, Increased Transparancy at Michigan State U.

Professor Sarah Reckhow: “MSU must immediately develop an effective, large-sample, and mandatory off-campus COVID-19 testing program for students, and MSU …

by Future U/ September 14, 2020/ MSU, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Can the American University Be Saved?

“For years, the university system has been operating on borrowed time….. This house of cards, built on exploitation, anti-intellectualism, and …

by Future U/ September 12, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Faculty, Graduate Students, and Staff Speak Out For an Anti-Racist Cornell University

“Cornell remains a site of entrenched racial disparities, mirroring, in many ways, the larger failings of the nation as an …

by Future U/ September 11, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Leadership Taken by UCLA’s Black Student Athlete Alliance

“If you have education without action or you have action without education, it’s not really bringing everything together,” said UCLA …

by Future U/ September 10, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Michigan State Student Leader Talks About Responding to Public Racism

“When it became apparent that The Rock on Farm Lane was damaged, and “BLM sucks” was painted on a nearby …

by Future U/ September 9, 2020/ MSU, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The Time Has Come–IRBs for Major University-Level Decisions

“The job of Institutional Review Boards is to approve research involving human subjects. The ethicists, scientists, and community members who …

by Future U/ September 6, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Koch Network Influence Felt at George Mason and Tufts

For years, activists have warned about slanted work emanating from Koch-influenced Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Now, add The …

by Future U/ September 5, 2020/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: U Michigan Reopens Amid Allegations of Lack of Transparency and Cronyism

From THE MICHIGAN DAILY: “Authoritarianism happens wherever an institution lacks the safeguards to hold its leadership accountable to facts. I …

by Future U/ September 4, 2020/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Disdain for the Less Educated Is the Last Acceptable Prejudice”

“In 2016, two-thirds of whites without a college degree voted for Mr. Trump, while Hillary Clinton won more than 70 …

by Future U/ September 3, 2020/ Perspectives, Society/