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NEWS BRIEFS: New Report Draws Troubling Conclusions about Admission to America’s Top Public Universities

The Education Trust’s new report, entitled Segregation Forever? includes findings that run contrary to the belief that America’s top-end public …

by Future U/ July 25, 2020/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Neoliberal University Leadership at George Washington University

Dane Kennedy, the Elmer Louis Kayser Professor of History and International Affairs at GWU, writes in AAUP.  

by Future U/ July 24, 2020/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: When It Comes to Collegiate Distance Ed, Where Does This Harvard Prof’s Approach Fit Into the Mix

A decade’s worth of experimentation made it possible for him to slide into a teaching environment that was shockingly new …

by Future U/ July 23, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Canisius College Cuts Faculty Positions, Protest Petition Launched

From CHANGE.ORG: “Canisius is slowly but surely turning into a monstrous creature of higher ed, combining the worst practices of …

by Future U/ July 22, 2020/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: As Teaching Tool in the Face of a Pandemic, Here’s Something Old that Could Become New Again, ‘Sunrise Semester’

Decades ago, CBS and New York University teamed up to bring academic subjects to everyday people, every morning, for 25 …

by Roger Barbee/ July 21, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Berkley Takes Action To Address Unwelcoming Campus Climate

“It’s known for having the worst campus climate for Black students in the University of California system.” Berkely wants to …

by Future U/ July 20, 2020/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: New Book Puts Campus Protests in Perspective

“Campus Uprisings demonstrates the power and value of principled nonviolent activism to provoke change and provides thoughtful strategies to help …

by Future U/ July 19, 2020/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: “It took COVID-19 to Deliver the Long-Predicted Train Wreck In Financing College Sports”

It’s time to address out-of-control spending in college sports. Columnist Greg Hansen elaborates at Tucson.com.

by Future U/ July 18, 2020/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: ‘Gap Year’ Has New Meaning for Many High School Seniors

COVID-19 and uneven approaches to collegiate re-opening are bringing renewed attention to the Gap Year option. Read more from the …

by Future U/ July 17, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: In Responding to COVID-19, We Need to be Mindful of “The Culture of the Hallways”

“Posting a list of requirements or expectations for student behavior, plastering the list around campus, and sending emails to parents …

by Roger Barbee/ July 16, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Letter from A Student’s Parent to the Michigan State University Administration

“It is critically responsible for the administration to identify new risks, publicize those risks to all and, more importantly, allow …

by Future U/ July 15, 2020/ Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: What Do College Students Think About Campus Reopening?

In The New Yorker, author Masha Gessen asks: “Who knows what might happen if students were asked to take the …

by Future U/ July 14, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Amid Financial Crisis, NCAA Abandons National Leadership Role

In the face of the biggest financial crisis to ever hit college sports (caused by COVID-19), the NCAA has decided …

by Frank Fear/ July 13, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Faculty appeals to UNC system leaders: Don’t risk lives to reopen campuses”

Commentary from July 12 edition of The News and Observer.

by Future U/ July 12, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: “A Semester to Die For”

Nancy Welch is a professor of English, University of Vermont. She writes in Spectre.

by Future U/ July 11, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/