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NEWS BRIEFS: UC Faculty Protest Diminished Role in Chancellor Searches

“Twenty past Academic Senate chairs, who have served since 1994, have signed a letter asking UC Board of Regents members …

by Future U/ August 1, 2020/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

“We need to stay safe from Covid-19 by staying at home – and we need you to stay home in …

by Future U/ July 31, 2020/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

“A Bridge analysis of national data reveals that Black college students at Michigan’s public universities graduated on average at a …

by Future U/ July 29, 2020/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NYU prof Scott Galloway, et al. analyzed 436 universities included in US News and World Report’s Top National College Rankings. …

by Future U/ July 28, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

A decade’s worth of experimentation made it possible for him to slide into a teaching environment that was shockingly new …

by Future U/ July 23, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Decades ago, CBS and New York University teamed up to bring academic subjects to everyday people, every morning, for 25 …

by Roger Barbee/ July 21, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

COVID-19 and uneven approaches to collegiate re-opening are bringing renewed attention to the Gap Year option. Read more from the …

by Future U/ July 17, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

“Posting a list of requirements or expectations for student behavior, plastering the list around campus, and sending emails to parents …

by Roger Barbee/ July 16, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

“It is critically responsible for the administration to identify new risks, publicize those risks to all and, more importantly, allow …

by Future U/ July 15, 2020/ Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives, Society/

In The New Yorker, author Masha Gessen asks: “Who knows what might happen if students were asked to take the …

by Future U/ July 14, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

In the face of the biggest financial crisis to ever hit college sports (caused by COVID-19), the NCAA has decided …

by Frank Fear/ July 13, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

“In the classic tutorial system, students do most of their learning in small sessions that include the professor (or an …

by Future U/ July 9, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Marching through campus with placards, “Abandon the Plans!,” University of Mississippi students “are demanding that the project be halted after …

by Future U/ July 7, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

“Over the last month, a flurry of colleges has worked to align their recent statements against racial injustice with action …

by Future U/ July 6, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

Professor Johnathan Charles Flowers argues that what Sara Ahmed describes as “image work” (that is, language that portrays an institution as …

by Future U/ July 4, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/