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PERSPECTIVES: And Now We Ban Books?

The road of removing, banning, or burning books is full of danger. To ban one book leads to banning more …

by Roger Barbee/ April 25, 2020/ Articles, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: College Enrollment May Dip 20% This Fall

Prediction is issued by SimpsonScarborough, a higher education research, and marketing company. The prediction is based on multiple surveys the …

by Future U/ April 24, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: COVID-19 Delivers Hard Financial Punch to Higher Ed

Bloomberg: “Brick-and-mortar colleges…have fixed costs: buildings and laboratories to maintain; faculty and staff to pay; debts to service; and many …

by Future U/ April 23, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: COVID-19 Delivers Unimaginable Blow to Higher Ed

Colleges and universities plan for emergencies, but not one like this. Read Adam Harris’ informative essay in The Atlantic.

by Future U/ April 22, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Cancellation of March Madness Represents a Nearly $1 Billion Revenue Loss for NCAA, Has Implications for Universities

With income loss, NCAA will allocate far less money to universities this spring. How will universities respond? One way is …

by Future U/ March 29, 2020/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: American Public, University Presidents Differ Significantly on ‘Free Tuition’

From Pew Research Center: “Among all U.S. adults, 63% favor making tuition at public colleges free, including 37% who strongly favor …

by Future U/ March 26, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

‘Faculty Governance’ Session Scheduled for Friday March 13 has been RESCHEDULED for Friday, April 24

by Future U/ March 20, 2020/

PERSPECTIVES: How Higher Ed Can Lend a Hand to High School Seniors

Patrick O’Connor recommends a number of ways colleges and universities can help college-going high school seniors during this time of …

by Future U/ March 18, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: College Students Across the U.S. Form Mutual Aid Networks to Help Peers in Time of Need

At Wesleyan, a GoFundMe account raised over $45,000 in about a day. With a fundraising goal of $950,000, the intent …

by Future U/ March 17, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: For This Collegiate Athletic Association, It’s Sports as Usual

The National Collegiate Wrestling Association needs to be called out for its callous disregard of public health. Roger Barbee has …

by Future U/ March 16, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Should Universities Divest From Fossil Fuels? Sachs Says Yes

Jeffrey Sachs: “Students have pushed university administrators to divest, while administrators have pushed back, lecturing students about the “real world” …

by Future U/ March 15, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: ‘It’s All About Winning’ as Iona Hires Scandal-Plagued Rick Pitino as Head Basketball Coach

Pat Forde: “Pitino is a coaching genius. He is also a rules compliance disaster…. Iona will own every criticism out …

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

Forum: “Shared Governance and Faculty Voice” (Available For Viewing Here)

Shared governance and faculty voice–then, now, and for the future. BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THIS SESSION WAS CONDUCTED BY …

by Future U/ March 12, 2020/

PERSPECTIVES: Big Differences in Biden’s and Sanders’s Higher Ed Plans

Insider Higher Education does a comparison. Read more here.

by Future U/ March 9, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Naomi Klein on Neoliberalism and America’s Politics

“The Democratic Party needs to be either decisively wrested from pro-corporate neoliberals or it needs to be abandoned,” writes Klein …

by Future U/ March 8, 2020/ Perspectives, Society/