NEWS BRIEFS: Fewer Michigan High School Grads, A Challenge For Michigan’s Regional Universities

How bad is it? How are schools responding? Here’s a new report from The Bridge.

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

Public Money Subsidizes Mid-Major College Sports in Michigan

When Western Michigan faced Central Michigan on the football field last Saturday, a storyline about the game was everywhere in …

by Frank Fear/ October 1, 2019/ Public Higher Ed/

Indiana University announced recently what may be the first comprehensive university policy on athlete violence. UT San Antonio has adopted …

by Future U/ September 30, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

“Higher education’s percentage of budgetary expenditures in Michigan ranks close to the bottom among states, and state appropriations per student …

by Future U/ September 9, 2019/ Public Higher Ed/

Read Frank Bruni’s far-reaching essay in his review of Paul Tough’s new book, The Years that Matter Most.

by Future U/ September 4, 2019/ Public Higher Ed/

Hua Hsu reviews Caitlin Zaloom’s new book, Indebted. Read more at The New Yorker.

by Future U/ September 2, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

“Paying for college…has fundamentally changed the experience of being middle class in this country.” Read more in Caitlin Zaloom’s important …

by Future U/ August 30, 2019/ Public Higher Ed/

All finalists withdrew after many faculty members questioned their qualifications. UMass system president and the search committee chair both blame …

by Future U/ August 29, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

“(MSU’s conciliatory) tone took a sharp turn Monday as the school’s legal team took a battering ram to 37 lawsuits, …

by Future U/ August 27, 2019/ MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

There aren’t enough in-state students to go around, and that gives out-of-state students an advantage in the enrollment battle among …

by Future U/ August 22, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

It’s not a sports story. It’s a public policy problem. Here’s why.

by Frank Fear/ August 20, 2019/ Public Higher Ed/

By Zach Kaiser, MSU assistant professor

by Zach Kaiser/ August 15, 2019/ MSU, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

That school is the University of Michigan and the income profile among its undergraduate is the highest among all ‘highly …

by Future U/ August 2, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

‘Independent’ is America’s political affiliation of choice. But is it?

by Frank Fear/ August 1, 2019/ Public Higher Ed/

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/