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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: “Disdain for the Less Educated Is the Last Acceptable Prejudice”

“In 2016, two-thirds of whites without a college degree voted for Mr. Trump, while Hillary Clinton won more than 70 …

by Future U/ September 3, 2020/ Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: ‘Strategy Change’ as Political Parties/Advocacy Groups Pursue College Students’ Vote

“With campuses closing, college students are especially transient, causing confusion about whether they should register at their home or school …

by Future U/ September 2, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

ASHE PRESENTS: Resisting Disaster Academic Capitalism and White Supremacy, Re-envisioning the Academic Workplace

Higher education is facing an existential crisis as we have never known before. The global pandemic and the accompanying financial …

by Future U/ September 2, 2020/

PERSPECTIVES: Student Voice, Advocacy More Important than Ever

Zach Turner writes: “(college administrators) should give students the resources necessary to create their own independent organizations that have the …

by Future U/ September 1, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: When a Liberal Arts College Drops the Liberal Arts

Case in point: Adrian College (MI). Read details at MLive.

by Future U/ August 31, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, 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: Amid Pandemic, Half of Major College Teams Will Admit Fans to Games

Here’s the school-by-school breakdown from USAToday.

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

NEWS BRIEFS: Studies Reveal Admissions to Elite Colleges Are ‘Country Club’-Like in Genre

LA Times: “An analysis of the Harvard data…published last year by the National Bureau of Economic Research, showed that 43% …

by Future U/ August 28, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEF: Michigan College Students Struggle with Basic Needs

This week, the Michigan League of Public Policy released a report, Studying in the Shadow of the Coronavirus, which revealed …

by Future U/ August 27, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Research Reveals One Reason Why College Students Have Hard Time Living with Pandemic Rules

LA Times: “Data from the AEI COVID-19 and American Life Survey in June found that 61% of Gen Zers said they …

by Future U/ August 26, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: In Pandemic, College Students Need to be Held Accountable

“North Carolina college campuses should be doing more to hold students responsible for activities that can promote the spread of …

by Future U/ August 25, 2020/ Perspectives, Society/

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/

University Crisis Management and the Practice of Democratic Professionalism

Democratic Professionalism involves reaching out to those who have a stake in whatever is the matter. And the matter these …

by Frank Fear/ August 23, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Another College, Davidson College, Apologizes for ‘Racist Past’

“Davidson College President Carol Quillen said: “We have much work to do to understand the pain and injury the college …

by Future U/ August 22, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/