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NEWS BRIEFS: MSU Board Backs Engler, “Doing A Good Job Administratively”

Read more in a just-published article by The Chronicle’s Jack Stripling.

by Future U/ June 22, 2018/ MSU, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: How An Extension Director Helped Address A University’s Undergraduate Enrollment Dip

The Chronicle’s Sarah Brown investigated the negative post-protest scenario at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She discovered Marshall Stewart’s role in helping …

by Future U/ June 12, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Spotlight Shines On University Of Michigan’s Endowment Investment Practices

This article from Inside Higher Education is based on investigative reporting done by the Detroit Free Press.

by Future U/ June 5, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: “United Shades of America” Features Historically Black Colleges and Universities

The program, which aired originally on CNN on Sunday night, June 3, will be re-broadcast at 11p (Eastern) on Sat., …

by Future U/ June 3, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Most Michigan’s Universities Face Financial Pressure From Enrollment Pressures

From The Free Press: “In 2008, there were 123,600 high school grads, according to state data. In 2018, the number …

by Future U/ June 2, 2018/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Have The Educated Elite Failed America?

David Brooks thinks so. Read more at The New York Times.

by Future U/ May 29, 2018/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Daniel Howes On MSU’s Plight

FROM THE DETROIT NEWS: “Michigan State desperately needs to overhaul its leadership culture, a necessarily self-critical exercise that will be …

by Future U/ May 25, 2018/ MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: At Rutgers-Newark There’s An Honors College That Honors ‘Grit’

“While academic skill matters in determining who gets selected, the emphasis is on these students’ resiliency, their drive to learn …

by Future U/ May 23, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Dems & Repubs Generally Agree On College Worth, But …

… they are far apart regarding government’s role in paying for it. New America’s findings are analyzed in Inside Higher Education.

by Future U/ May 21, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Georgia State Becomes Engine of Social Mobility

From NYT: “By focusing on retaining low-income students, rather than just enrolling them, the college raised its graduation rate to 54% …

by Future U/ May 16, 2018/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: New Report Recommends Taxing Wealthy Californianians To Support “College for All”

Since 2003, CA tax breaks amounted to $18 billion while public tuition has risen 70%. Read the report, Restoring Opportunity.

by Future U/ May 11, 2018/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: California Eyes Legislation On Campus Free Speech

AB 2374 is based on the book, Free Speech on Campus, co-authored by Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the UC Berkeley School …

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

NEWS BRIEFS: Montana State Faculty Pass On Koch-Funded Economics Center

It was a tight vote, though–a one-vote difference. Read more at Inside Higher Education.

by Future U/ April 26, 2018/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Eastern KY U Students Hold Mock Funeral For Higher Ed In The Commonwealth

The mock funeral was held in Frankfort, the commonwealth’s capital. Read more from The Lexington Herald-Leader.

by Future U/ April 25, 2018/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Is Arizona St. U School Tied Too Tightly To The Koch Brothers?

Critics say a new, state-supported school is a right-wing expression, having absorbed two efforts funded initially by the Koch Brothers. …

by Future U/ April 24, 2018/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/