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PERSPECTIVES: College Education, Pathway to Social Mobility?

“I lived in a public housing…because I could no longer afford rent…. I had just quit my $15-an-hour receptionist job …

by Future U/ March 5, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Is Steve Minz a provocateur, a truth-teller or both? “Learning communities speak to our highest aspirations: to make higher education …

by Future U/ March 4, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

Faculty Task Force urges the university to “slash 300,000 tons of carbon dioxide UCSD puts into the air each year. …

by Future U/ March 3, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

“In finding that the University of Southern California violated the civil rights of students, the department levied a long list …

by Future U/ March 1, 2020/ Public Higher Ed/

“Organized by the Black Emergency Response Team, known as BERT, ended Friday with the student group saying that progress had …

by Future U/ February 29, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

The university said students engaged in a wildcat strike. “The students are striking for a $1,412-a-month cost-of-living adjustment, which they …

by Future U/ February 28, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

In response, did the SLU president hire a ‘crisis manager’ as his chief of staff? Read more from ‘Saving SLU.”

by Future U/ February 27, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

An “arms race” is underway throughout the country for private philanthropy to offset state funding shortfalls. Here is the skinny …

by Future U/ February 26, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

From The New York Times Opinion, February 18, 2020: Bloomberg’s plan focuses on need, quality, and cost.

by Future U/ February 25, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

Professor Brian Nielsen took quick action after a performer conducted a racist skit at Michigan State U event. Read more …

by Future U/ February 24, 2020/ MSU, News Briefs/

“The value of what we’re doing is being defined externally, and the market is signaling to us that they do …

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

“What’s done is done — and now, it joins a long list of other racist incidents that happened at Michigan …

by Future U/ February 21, 2020/ MSU, Perspectives/

Frank Fear: “Hiring an African American head coach is an exception to the rule in major college football. 90% of …

by Future U/ February 20, 2020/ Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives, Society/

Sandra D. Rodríguez Cotto is a journalist with decades of experience in Puerto Rico, the United States, and several Latin …

by Future U/ February 20, 2020/

“Michigan ranks 21st in the nation in high school graduation rates, but just 33rd in the percentage of adults with …

by Future U/ February 16, 2020/ MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/