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PERSPECTIVES: Life, Liberty, and The Right to Pack a Gun

At Liberty University a “call to arms” refers to higher ed & guns.

by Future U/ December 18, 2015/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Missouri Bill Seeks to Restrict Free Speech, Compromise Democracy

Two Missouri legislators introduced a bill in response to athletes’ activism at the University of Missouri. Read Kevin Blackistone’s commentary here.

by Future U/ December 17, 2015/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Many Colleges Aren’t as Diverse As They Seem

Why? At many schools students have an affinity to gather with like-students. Read an Op Ed about the issue here.

by Future U/ December 15, 2015/ Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: New Analysis of Underemployment of College Graduates

The Fed analysis reveals interesting findings about the percentage of college grads who are working in jobs outside their major …

by Future U/ December 11, 2015/ News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Justice Scalia Offers Black and White Perspective on Affirmative Action In Higher Education

From THE NEW YORK TIMES: “In an awkward exchange in Wednesday’s potentially game-changing Supreme Court arguments on affirmative action, Justice …

by Future U/ December 11, 2015/ News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Text Analysis Of Student Protest Demands

“If you want to know what students protesters at universities want, you have to actually read what they write,” writes …

by Future U/ December 10, 2015/ Articles, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Wanna’ Make a Half-Mil A Year? Become a Private College President

No need to be president at a ‘name’ school, like Columbia U. The president of High Point College made a …

by Future U/ December 8, 2015/ News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: In College … Homeless, Hungry

Read SARA GOLDRICK-RAB and KATHARINE M. BROTON’s NYTs Op Ed about a terrible issue that needs to be addressed: no …

by Future U/ December 8, 2015/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: One Way to Reduce Inequality in America’s Higher Ed … Eliminate the Ivy League

Well, not really. It’s about making changes in how Ivy schools operate and what America’s tax laws enable. Read the details …

by Future U/ December 7, 2015/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The Rich And Others at Duke, Possible Connections

Tuition at Duke is $10k more per year than the median income of Durham, NC, where the school is located. …

by Future U/ December 7, 2015/ Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Study Finds Wealthy Americans To Be Conservative, With Highest Earners Even More Conservative

Big surprise? No. Read about the details.

by Future U/ December 7, 2015/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: How to Address the Surplus of Ph.D.’s

Here are two interesting articles–one more about the state of affairs and, the other, what to do about it. …

by Future U/ December 7, 2015/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: What Has Happened to Academe’s “Public Intellectual”?

Read an update from the author of a 1987 book, The Last Intellectual. Back then, Russell Jacoby wrote that, unlike …

by Future U/ December 7, 2015/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Campus Protests and Free Speech, The Balance

The situation at Amherst is worth following.

by Future U/ November 30, 2015/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Really Big Money in Politics, Implications for Higher Education

The political realities can’t be viewed as irrelevant for higher education. What higher education is and does cannot be seen apart from the resources required. …

by Future U/ November 30, 2015/ Perspectives, Society/