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Portrait of Major College Athletics Today: Pay the Head Football Coach $4 Million, His Top Assistants $1 Million Each, and Eliminate Cross-Country Because We Don’t Have Enough Money

The original intent of intercollegiate athletics has been perverted–emphasis on amateurism replaced by widescale commercialization and quasi-professionalism.

by Frank Fear/ April 21, 2021/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: “Education Is the Foundation of Democracy, Schooling is the Foundation of Capitalism”

Neoliberalism and Academic Repression: The Fall of Academic Freedom in the Era of Trump Haymarket Books, 2019) co-edited by Erik …

by Future U/ April 20, 2021/ Books, Neoliberalism, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “NCAA Erased My Career”

Former UMass tennis player Brittany Collens writes in The Players’ Tribune: “Our team that won the 2017 Atlantic 10 title …

by Future U/ April 17, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Did Foucault Misjudge Neoliberalism?

Yes, says Daniel Zamora, sociologist, at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. He outlines the reasons why in an interview published …

by Future U/ April 16, 2021/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Why Aren’t Public University Acceptance Rates a Matter of Public Discussion?

In California they certainly are. We’ve featured that issue on these pages, and an important commentary was published in today’s …

by Future U/ April 15, 2021/ Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Another Trustee Acts Deplorably, This Time at University of Richmond

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION: “University of Richmond Faculty Senate on Friday passed a vote of no confidence in Paul Queally, rector …

by Future U/ April 14, 2021/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Pandemic-Related Enrollment Drop Puts Community Colleges at Risk

FROM THE LA TIMES: “Systemwide (in California), more than 260,000 fewer students enrolled in fall 2020 compared with fall 2019, a …

by Future U/ April 13, 2021/ Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Back and Forth on College Access Has Gaps

Recently published commentaries and news reports about college access can leave readers shaking their heads. As pressure has built to …

by Future U/ April 12, 2021/ Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Outmigration Has This Chancellor Worried

Last week, State University of New York Chancellor Kristina Johnson told state lawmakers that SUNY enrollment could drop by “tens …

by Future U/ April 11, 2021/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Will (Should) Tenure Survive?

FROM THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION: “In 1993-94, more than half, or 56.2 percent of faculty members at institutions with …

by Future U/ April 10, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: In U Cal System, Some Campuses are More Equal than Others

FROM THE LA TIMES: “Although the University of California considers itself one system, its 286,000 students do not have access …

by Future U/ April 9, 2021/ Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Michigan Colleges and Universities Getting Students Vaccinated

“The effort will get a big boost in coming days, when the state allocates thousands of doses of the one-shot …

by Future U/ April 8, 2021/ Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Feds to Review Trump-Era Campus Sexual Assault Rules

FROM THE LA TIMES: “The Education Department on Tuesday moved forward with plans to revise federal rules around campus sexual …

by Future U/ April 7, 2021/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “The Struggle Continues” Lower-Income Students Getting Admitted to Elite Higher

FROM THE NY TIMES: “College Simply, an organization that combs admissions standards nationwide, estimates that applicants with SATs of 1370 …

by Future U/ April 6, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: UM Regent Ron Weiser Compares Criticism of Him to “1930s Germany”

In a public letter, U. of Michigan affiliates wrote: “You (Weiser) have to choose between supporting the U of M …

by Future U/ April 5, 2021/ Higher Ed, Society/