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NEWS BRIEFS: University Athletic Director Fired Because of Non-Competitiveness in NIL Marketplace

“Where we erred was focusing on educating our athletes about NIL and not just collecting cash and paying kids to …

by Future U/ May 11, 2022/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: New Report Finds More Black and Hispanic Students Left College Than Are Enrolled

Black and Hispanic students constitute 43% of 39 million students who left college nationally and are 34% of the nation's …

by Future U/ May 10, 2022/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Graduating Lower-Income Students? Most Michigan Public and Private Universities are Below National Average

Best performers are the University of Michigan (public) and Kalamazoo College (private)

by Future U/ April 26, 2022/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The Case for Eliminating Student Debt

"Debt (is disproportionately distributed) by burdening Black students and women, (and affecting) prospects for homeownership, starting a family, and saving …

by Future U/ April 24, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: How/Why Calvin’s Center for Social Research Became a “Legal Entity” Independent of the University

The provost asked her two questions: “Had (she) been married to a woman since the fall of 2021, and had …

by Future U/ April 23, 2022/ Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: “We Ain’t Woke. We’re Conservative!”

"How to Be an Antiracist" in a course syllabus was seen as promoting Critical Race Theory.

by Future U/ April 19, 2022/ Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Florida’s Dept of Ed Bans Math Textbooks, Critical Race Theory Among Reasons

From CNN: “The Florida Department of Education announced Friday the state has rejected more than 50 math textbooks from next …

by Future U/ April 17, 2022/ Education, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “English?! Who Needs English?”

Cuts at Purdue questioned.

by Future U/ April 16, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The End of Neoliberalism?

Neoliberalism "was able to attract such strange bedfellows as Steve Jobs and Barry Goldwater, Ralph Nader and Ronald Reagan, and …

by Future U/ April 15, 2022/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Review of New Campus-Based Film, “Master”

"It is a tricky proposition to be "in" but not "of" an oppressive culture."

by Frank Fear/ April 14, 2022/ Film review, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Larry Busch on “What Good is Higher Education?”

Keynote presentation, "Neoliberalism and Public Higher Education"

by Future U/ April 13, 2022/ Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society, Video/

PERSPECTIVES: Is “Institutional Complacency” the Reason for CMU’s Steep Enrollment Drop?

CMU's enrollment has dropped 12k students from 27k undergrads (2012) to 15k undergrads (2022).

by Future U/ April 11, 2022/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Universities and Political Stands

"The more closely one examines the history of the American university, the more clearly one sees that it has never …

by Future U/ April 1, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Education “As an Emancipatory Force Central to Politics”

"Right-wing extremists have redefined the notion of freedom by detaching it from any sense of the common good and ethical …

by Future U/ March 28, 2022/ Education, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Trump-Era Title IX Rule “Swings Pendulum Too Far”

A number of Title IX administrators and academics plan to press the federal government to reconsider the rule.

by Future U/ March 7, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/