NEWS BRIEFS: “I’ve Heard the Word ‘Diversity’ Quite a Few Times, But I Don’t Have a Clue What It Means”
U.S. Solicitor General Prelogar: “I do think eventually affirmative action will end in higher education."
Society Archive
NEWS BRIEFS: U. Florida Faculty Senate Expected to Vote “No Confidence” re Sasse’s Appointment
Special faculty meeting is scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
October 26, 2022/
Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Even Tougher Times Ahead for Michigan’s Public Universities
Matt Miller in MLive: “Michigan’s public universities have lost 45,000 students since 2011. It’s about to get worse.”
October 14, 2022/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: State of Michigan Takes Steps to Cut College Costs
FROM THE BRIDGE OF MICHIGAN: “College will be more affordable for most Michigan college freshmen next year, thanks to the …
October 13, 2022/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: College Costs is an Intergenerational Calamaty
"Deliberate government action...is required to equalize mammoth generational iniquities."
October 9, 2022/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: How “The Attention Society” Corrupts Science
"The insatiable drive for attention (branding and promotion) is affecting science."
October 4, 2022/
Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Enlightenment Philosophers on Today’s Political Kerfuffle
Frank Fear's commentary was published recently in LA Progressive.
October 1, 2022/
Neoliberalism, Society/
NEWS STORIES: “Public Brain Drain” — Many Graduates of Michigan’s Public Universities Leave the State
THE DETROIT NEWS: “Michigan Technological University and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor are ranked among the nation’s top …
September 19, 2022/
News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Is “The College Experience” Being Lost?
Professor Emeritus Harvey J. Graff, writing in Academe Blog: “With general education narrowing to reflect interests of competing disciplinary clusters …
September 18, 2022/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Saga of “The Dangerous Educated Proletariat”
This story goes back to the 1970s.
September 1, 2022/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
FUTUREU VIDEO: Adrian Lenardic on the Impact of “The Attention Society” on Higher Ed and Science
Adrian’s engaging and provocative presentation can be viewed on FutureU’s YouTube channel. Cover photo courtesy of The Guardian.
August 31, 2022/
Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Here’s Why Many Economists Interpret Student Loan Elimination Negatively
"Debt triggers moralistic responses: We want people to follow through on obligations they have agreed to."
August 29, 2022/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: Cal LA Prof Tossed Out of LA Mayoral Debate
‘Melina Abdullah, a professor at California State University, Los Angeles — where the debate was held — was forcibly removed …
August 27, 2022/
Public Higher Ed, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Daniel O’Connell on the Praxis of Activist Scholarship
O’Connell gave the keynote address at the Sociology of Development pre-conference for the 2022 American Sociological Association annual gathering. Here …
August 3, 2022/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: MSU’s Court Filing Could Have Significant Implications for the Future of Title IX
“The courts cannot throw out Title IX, but they can throw out some or all of the formulas for calculating …
August 1, 2022/
Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives, Society/