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PERSPECTIVES: “University Leadership That Doesn’t Try To Remold Us Into Something We Should Never Be” (commentary)

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/

NEWS BRIEFS: U. of Alaska Reeling After Budget Cuts

“The 41% budget cut to the university continues to harm us every day,” University of Alaska President James R. …

by Future U/ July 18, 2019/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: U. South Carolina Faculty Senate Takes Stand Re Presidential Search Process

“Amid an increasingly chaotic search for a new president, the University of South Carolina’s Faculty Senate sharply rebuked the Board …

by Future U/ July 15, 2019/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Detroit Foreclosure Notices Linked to University of Michigan Investment

“U-M regents meeting minutes do not explain why the university, which has an $11.9 billion endowment, invested in Detroit real estate …

by Future U/ July 14, 2019/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: National Group Takes Swipe at Michigan State

Investigative Reporters and Editors, the largest organization of investigative reporters, awarded MSU its 2019 “Golden Padlock” award. The award “is …

by Future U/ June 29, 2019/ MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: “Hey, Chancellor, Where Did You Hide the Money?”

For Cal State is was $1 billion. Investigators found it. “By failing to disclose this surplus, the Chancellor’s Office has …

by Future U/ June 27, 2019/ Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Researchers Release Report on Impact of State Funding Declines on Higher Education

Professor Bound, et al. found differential impacts by institutional type. They write: “First, public research universities may be unable to …

by Future U/ June 24, 2019/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: With Election 2020 Looming, ‘Free’ College is on the Political Radar

Eighteen of the 23 Democratic candidates have announced support for tuition-free higher education (in one form or another). Twenty states …

by Future U/ June 18, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Florida State University To Privatize Athletics

The move will shield athletics from public records requests. Read more from The Orlando Sentinel. Read one commentary here.

by Future U/ June 11, 2019/ News Briefs, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Millennials’ Shocking Financial State

From WaPo: “Millennials are doing far worse financially than generations before them…with an average net worth below $8,000, a new …

by Future U/ June 3, 2019/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Is ‘Sponsored Content” the New Normal in Collegiate Marketing?

In the old days, newspaper staff wrote articles about higher education. That’s still the case, of course. But there’s a …

by Future U/ May 25, 2019/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: ‘Pissed Off MSU’ Issues ‘Disorientation Guide’

“Oppression breeds resistance,” writes Pissed Off MSU. “Students and youth have fought back every step of the way… It is …

by Future U/ May 21, 2019/ MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: This State Ranks #1 in Higher Education (and you’re in for a surprise)

You may quibble with the #1 ranking, but most Americans would likely applaud the criteria used to compare the states: …

by Future U/ May 18, 2019/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: That Bloat You Feel? It’s the Growing Size of Higher Ed’s Administrative Class

It’s a bad storyline for American higher education. Over a 12-year period … significant increase in the size of the …

by Future U/ May 17, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Downsides of Excluding the Public from the Search Process Should Be Self-Evident”

Closed searches rely extensively on what trustees learn from search firms. How well do they do the job? A University …

by Future U/ May 10, 2019/ Public Higher Ed/