Public Higher Ed Archive

NEWS BRIEFS: “Transparency and Trust Are Essential To Our Mission,” George Mason Calls For More Faculty Involvement, Openness In Gift Agreements

New policies emerge from a review of philanthropy at GMU. Read more here. It’s from The Washington Post.

by Future U/ October 13, 2018/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Koch Foundation Gave $49 Million To Higher Ed In 2016 (Associated Press)

The total was nearly a 50% increase from 2015. Read more in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

by Future U/ October 7, 2018/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Auburn Prof Tackled For Questioning Football Players’ Academic Choices

Prof. Michael Stern is suing the school, “accusing officials of removing him as a department chair and limiting his raises …

by Future U/ October 6, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: MSU Board Candidates In Review

NEWS BRIEFS: USC Issues 50-State Report On Public 4-Year Schools & The Status of Black Students

The findings reveal a sobering picture. Forty schools employed NO full-time Black instructors. At 44% of America’s public institutions, there …

by Future U/ October 2, 2018/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: UW-Milwaukee Finally Has a Balanced Budget, But The U Is Losing Faculty and Students

Karen Herzog: “The university lost about 15 percent of its faculty since fall 2014…. Since 2010…UWM has lost 18.5 percent of …

by Future U/ October 1, 2018/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Mystery Question of the Year: How Did The MSU Board Survive?

The Atlantic takes a deep dive to answer. Read Caroline Kitchener’s take.

by Future U/ September 28, 2018/ MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: MSU Student-Athletes Provide Input Re Presidential Search

“Transparency, trustworthiness, collaboration, having a clean background, being approachable, being accessible and being active were all qualities and characteristics mentioned …

by Future U/ September 19, 2018/ MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Cal Poly SLO Announces New Program To Support Limited-Income Students

Years in the making, the new program will open doors that had been closed previously.

by Future U/ September 15, 2018/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Frats At It Again, This Time At Auburn

Dissing an HBCU is the issue. Michael Harriot has the story at The Root.

by Future U/ September 9, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Why Are Few Public Universities At The Top Of The Rankings?

Jeff Selingo believes one reason–cuts in state funding. Read more from The Washington Post.

by Future U/ September 8, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: UCLA Is Top U.S. Public University In World University Rankings

UCLA is the top choice for the second consecutive year. Read more here.

by Future U/ September 6, 2018/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Say What?! Commitment To Diversity Is A Problem?

That’s what Heather MacDonald wrote in the LA Times about UCLA. “It’s a costly diversion from its true mission.” Read …

by Future U/ September 4, 2018/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: AAUP Launches Petition Drive Re Purdue Global

At issue is forcing faculty to sign a non-disclosure agreement and agreeing to a gag clause. Read more here. Sign the …

by Future U/ August 29, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Engler and Board: Bad Combination For Michigan State

“Now, each passing week, Engler is looking more and more like Donald Trump, trafficking in either lies or half-truths or …

by Future U/ August 26, 2018/ MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/