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NEWS ARTICLES: When Does Tenure Matter?

The case of Lake Superior State University is worth following. Read more here.

by Future U/ January 29, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Making a Business Out of Syllabi

What happens in the classroom, stays in the…no…goes public. Read more.

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

PERSPECTIVES: Should College Be Free?

Read different perspectives on a timely subject. From a Forum, The New York Times.

by Future U/ January 20, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: U of Oregon Scales Back on Branding Campaign

“The original campaign was inane and insulting,” Bill Harbaugh, economics prof & president-elect, U of O’s University Senate. Read more.

by Future U/ January 20, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: NYC To Pay Greater Share of CUNY Costs

So says Gov. Cuomo in his just-unveiled state budget proposal. Read more here. “Shifting one-third of the cost of CUNY …

by Future U/ January 15, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: New York State Launches College Program in State Prisons

Criticized as “Attica U” the governor says “prisons weren’t designed to be warehouses.” Read more here.

by Future U/ January 11, 2016/ Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: How to Fire A Controversial Tenured Professor

It’s the culmination of a case reported earlier on this site. James Tracy was fired by Florida Atlantic Univ. Why? How? Read on.

by Future U/ January 8, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: State of New York Raises Minimum Wage for University Staff

It’s a great move, signaling appreciation for university staff around the state. Read more here.

by Future U/ January 5, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: States to Public Universities, “Show Us You’re Worth It”

It’s the new legislative mantra: funding is tied to worth. Read Pew for an analysis.

by Future U/ January 4, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: It Costs to Look Good In College Athletics

Here is USA Today’s feature on the high cost of facilities development. Over 60% of WMU athletics is subsidized, but …

by Future U/ December 30, 2015/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Who’ll Win The College Playoff? Oh, It’s Not About Football

Welcome to the never-ending saga of “your money we want.”

by Future U/ December 28, 2015/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: The Rich-Poor Divide in Today’s Higher Education

It has always been a problem and it’s still a problem. When does a right become a luxury? Read more here.

by Future U/ December 23, 2015/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: In 2014, 48 Universities Spent Nearly a Billion Dollars — On Athletic Facilities

The Washington Post series on collegiate sports’ arms race focuses on $ for athletic facilities.

by Future U/ December 22, 2015/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Student Activists Compel Change at the Univ. of California

From The Daily Nexus: UC sold ~$25 million of indirect investments after the Afrikan Black Coalition, encompassing UC’s nine Black Student Unions, made public …

by Future U/ December 19, 2015/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Did Academic Freedom Cross a Line?

A case at Florida Atlantic U. raises questions about if and when the right to inquiry conflicts with “common decency.”

by Future U/ December 18, 2015/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/