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NEWS BRIEFS: UMass Amherst Divests From Fossil Fuel Holdings

UMass becomes the first public university to divest. Read more here.

by Future U/ May 25, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Outdated Perceptions Clash With Reality Regarding the Value of a College Degree

What we like to think about the value of college degree doesn’t always align with today’s reality. Read this provocative …

by Future U/ May 25, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Graduation Address Receives Mixed Response at Cal State Fullerton

It’s really sad,” said commencement speaker, Maria Elena Salinas, anchor for Spanish-language network, Univision. “Our country is really divided.” Read more.

by Future U/ May 25, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Open Books Not in Cards for University at Buffalo Foundation

“It would be burdensome to be that transparent,” Edward Schneider, Executive Director. Read more here.

by Future U/ May 25, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: $50 Million Dollars Later–The Koch Brothers and George Mason University

“We’re doing what a good university should do.” Is George Mason U. an example?

by Future U/ May 18, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Privatization” of Public Universities, “Publicization” of Private Universities

Ronald Daniels, president of the Johns Hopkins University, provides a sobering–sometimes shocking–assessment of what he sees as a turn-of-affairs in American higher education …

by Future U/ May 13, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Rutgers Faculty Want Say In How Academic Profiling System Is Used

Grad School faculty don’t want administrators to use info about faculty productivity in major decisions. The vote was 114 to 2. Read …

by Future U/ May 11, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Pros And Cons of Purdue’s “Back a Boiler” Loan Repayment Program

Interpretations are from USA Today.

by Future U/ May 11, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: More Colleges Emphasizing Civic Learning

Read why in an article published recently in Inside Higher Education.

by Future U/ May 11, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Why Are So Many Men Coaching NCAA Women’s Sports?

For insights read Annie Brown’s report via Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting.

by Future U/ May 10, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: College Costs, Debt Continue Rising

Read two articles from a recent series published in USA Today. In last 30 years, state university college costs +130%, …

by Future U/ May 8, 2016/ Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Repetitive Themes Appear in Campus Branding

There’s a lot of similarity. And distinctiveness sometimes comes with a question: Is the message valid? Read more.

by Future U/ May 5, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: UW Madison Faculty Vote No Confidence in System Head and Regents

A variety of issues precipitated the move. Read more here.

by Future U/ May 4, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Higher Education Needs to Become A Social Leveler … Again

“3% of students at the most selective schools come from the bottom economic quartile. The top economic quartile supplies 72%.” Read this NYTs …

by Future U/ May 3, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: How Much Cash Should Michigan Public Universities Pour Into Athletics?

Detroit Free Press article stimulated by HBO program (Real Sports) with spotlight on EMU. Read more here.

by Future U/ May 3, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/