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PERSPECTIVES: WSJ College Rankings Focus On How Well Schools Blend Research Productivity-Student Engagement

A few technically-focused institutions and several elite liberal arts schools top the list. Many elite private universities and most large …

by Future U/ June 18, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

The Go Blue Guarantee will provide 4 years of free tuition for in-state residents. To qualify students/their families must earn …

by Future U/ June 17, 2017/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Read Naomi Klein’s powerful essay, published this week in The Nation.

by Future U/ June 15, 2017/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

At Kutztown University (PA) a chapter of “Students for Life of America” complained after chalk messages (“Stop abortion” and “Life …

by Future U/ June 14, 2017/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Lori Brown, Eastern Michigan University, offers a sobering and evocative perspective on life in today’s Academy. Deacon Blues pdf

by Future U/ June 14, 2017/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

The most telling thing about this editorial opinion is that there’s only one public comment — and it tells the …

by Future U/ June 13, 2017/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Results of a controversial test reveals spotty results, including a downtrend in students’ skills–from entry to graduation–at some schools. Read …

by Future U/ June 12, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

California is the example explored in this feature article published in Truthout. Read more here.

by Future U/ June 7, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

But there is some good news in a report released by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Read more …

by Future U/ June 5, 2017/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

Despite fanfare, Tax-Free NY has had spotty results. Read more in this article by SUNY-Albany prof. emeritus, Lawrence Wittner.

by Future U/ June 4, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

“Higher ed as a public good is being supplanted by a market-based ideology that views education as a commodity.” WaPo article includes the …

by Future U/ June 3, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

University presidents aren’t monarchs. Read this thoughtful essay written by Jack Stripling. It’s from The Chronicle of Higher Education.

by Future U/ June 2, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

There will be staff impacts. Read more from The Detroit Free Press.

by Future U/ May 30, 2017/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

It’s a sad commentary about what’s supposed to be a social institution serving the public good. Read more from The …

by Future U/ May 29, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Taking responsibility — individually and collectively — is a pathway to personal responsibility and citizenship. In college call it “student …

by Future U/ May 28, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/