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NEWS BRIEFS: Drake Group Calls for Congressional Study of Intercollegiate Athletics

The Drake Group (a national organization to defend educational integrity in higher education from the corrosive aspects of commercialized college …

by Future U/ July 28, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

Student-athletes sometimes spend more than 50 hours a week on athletic activities and graduate at significantly lower rates than non-athletes. …

by Future U/ July 25, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

The analysis is courtesy of David Deming, Kennedy School, Harvard University. Read more from The New York Times.

by Future U/ July 22, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Says Michelle Singletary. Read more from The Telegram.

by Future U/ July 21, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

The example is the University of South Carolina, but the sobriquet applies broadly. Read more at Inside Higher Education.

by Future U/ July 20, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Professor David McKinnon speaks out. He writes about SUNY Stony Brook, but his commentary speaks broadly to ills in higher …

by Future U/ July 19, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

“The 41% budget cut to the university continues to harm us every day,” University of Alaska President James R. …

by Future U/ July 18, 2019/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

“California will spend $340 million paying off doctors’ debts using Proposition 56 tobacco tax revenue. This month, the state offered …

by Future U/ July 17, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

“U-M regents meeting minutes do not explain why the university, which has an $11.9 billion endowment, invested in Detroit real estate …

by Future U/ July 14, 2019/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

MSU paid a total of $1.2 million. “The woman filed a lawsuit…stating that the school did not provide her adequate …

by Future U/ July 11, 2019/ MSU, News Briefs, Society/

Headline: “Some college athletes play like adults, read like 5th-graders” CNN’s Sarah Ganim investigates. Read more here.

by Future U/ July 9, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Saying it was the outcome of incivility, the former governor had an excuse for saying no to Harvard. Read more …

by Future U/ July 7, 2019/ News Briefs, Society/

“USC agreed this week to pay the University of California $50 million and apologize for tactics used to poach a …

by Future U/ July 6, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

“The NCAA, an organization created by university presidents to represent their best athletic interests, is now a cartel with members …

by Future U/ July 5, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

“Despite more universities placing an emphasis on attempting to diversify their faculty ranks, a new study shows very little progress, …

by Future U/ July 4, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/