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NEWS BRIEFS: In Budget Crunch, U Minnesota Cuts Gymnastics, Tennis, and Indoor Track and Field

What does ‘intercollegiate athletics’ mean when the adjective is ‘intercollegiate’? At Minnesota and other schools that have cut ‘minor’ sports …

by Future U/ October 13, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

More Evidence that Revenue-Based College Sports Has Lost Its Way

The deal between the University of Colorado and online gambling company, PointsBet, represents a new low in college sports’ devolution.

by Frank Fear/ October 5, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

VIDEO: “The Enablers,” Institutional Actors in Sexual Assaults

Featuring Amos Guiora and Elizabeth Abdnour, stimulated by Guiora’s new book, Armies of Enablers.

by Future U/ September 26, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society, Video/

PODCAST: “The Enablers,” Institutional Actors in Sexual Assaults

Featuring Amos Guiora and Elizabeth Abdnour, stimulated by Guiora’s new book, Armies of Enablers.

by Future U/ September 26, 2020/ Perspectives, Podcast, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Audit Finds Connections Can Trump Admissions Qualifications at U. of California

LA Times: “The University of California allowed “inappropriate factors” to influence admissions decisions, with four campuses admitting 64 students who …

by Future U/ September 25, 2020/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: County Health Officer Calls Out MSU Concerning COVID-19 Reporting

“The current situation deeply concerns me for the MSU and East Lansing communities,” Linda Vail said in a press release …

by Future U/ September 24, 2020/ MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Beyond The Neoliberal University

Todd Wolfson and Astra Taylor: “We see an opportunity to reimagine the public university of the twenty-first century. But to …

by Future U/ September 21, 2020/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: U Michigan Reopens Amid Allegations of Lack of Transparency and Cronyism

From THE MICHIGAN DAILY: “Authoritarianism happens wherever an institution lacks the safeguards to hold its leadership accountable to facts. I …

by Future U/ September 4, 2020/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: MSU Professors Advise Students, “Please Stay Home”

Brendan Cantwell and Steven Weiland: “MSU’s decision to close campus – by offering most undergraduate classes online, and by limiting …

by Future U/ August 30, 2020/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: SUNY Faculty Senate Votes ‘No Confidence’ in System Board

The vote followed the appointment of Jim Malatras as system chancellor. Malatras, a longtime aide/ally of Governor Andrew Cuomo, was …

by Future U/ August 24, 2020/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Why Michigan State Changed Course

From Inside Higher Education. Read more here.

by Future U/ August 20, 2020/ MSU, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVE: Time to Cut Ties with Koch Network/Funding, George Mason University!

Join with Unkoch My Campus: Read more here and then sign the petition.

by Future U/ August 17, 2020/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: UC Faculty Protest Diminished Role in Chancellor Searches

“Twenty past Academic Senate chairs, who have served since 1994, have signed a letter asking UC Board of Regents members …

by Future U/ August 1, 2020/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: UNC Tenured Faculty to Students, “We Urge You to Stay Home”

“We need to stay safe from Covid-19 by staying at home – and we need you to stay home in …

by Future U/ July 31, 2020/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Distressing Black-White Graduation Rate Disparity Revealed in Michigan’s Public Higher Ed

“A Bridge analysis of national data reveals that Black college students at Michigan’s public universities graduated on average at a …

by Future U/ July 29, 2020/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/