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Beyond Cheering: Redefining What It Means to Be a Fan

When misconduct emerges, fans tend to deny, defend, and deflect attention from potential wrongdoing. When that happens, fans become enablers, …
by Frank Fear/ October 14, 2019/ Public Higher Ed/

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/

NEWS BRIEFS: Drake Group Endorses Actions Taken at Indiana U and UT San Antonio Re Athlete Violence

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/

PERSPECTIVES: Nonpartisan Think Tank, “Michigan Has a College Affordability Crisis”

“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/

PERSPECTIVES: College Isn’t What It Used to Be (and what needs to change)

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/

PERSPECTIVES: Beyond Tuition: College at What Cost?

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/

PERSPECTIVES: One Way That College Costs Have Changed America

“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/

NEWS BRIEFS: At UMass Boston, Faculty Are Blamed for Failed Presidential Search

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/

NEWS BRIEFS: Is MSU Singing the Same Song?

“(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/

PERSPECTIVES: Public Higher Ed is ‘All-In’ on Out-of-State Students

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/

When It Comes to Money, College Sports is a Two-Tier System

It’s not a sports story. It’s a public policy problem. Here’s why. 
by Frank Fear/ August 20, 2019/ Public Higher Ed/

Art, Critique, and Superfluousness: The Psychic Violence of the Optimized Academy

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

PERSPECTIVES: Undergrads At This School Have A Median Family Income of $154k. What’s It Like For Limited-Resource Students?

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/

How Many ‘Independents’ Are There in America?

Is ‘Independent’ really America’s political affiliation of choice? It’s a dicey question.  
by Frank Fear/ August 1, 2019/ Public Higher Ed/
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