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PERSPECTIVES: Focus on Admissions Only? What About Retention & Graduation Rates?

The New York Times investigated. Here’s what it found: “America has a dropout problem.” Read specifics here (including an analysis …

by Future U/ May 24, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: It’s Time To Punish Schools That Lie

And U.S. News and World Report is doing just that. For two decades, the University of Oklahoma gave USNWP inflated …

by Future U/ May 23, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Misguided Applause for Morehouse College Gift

“A new generation of plutocrats has amassed great fortunes, in part because the federal government has minimized the burden of …

by Future U/ May 22, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: ‘Pissed Off MSU’ Issues ‘Disorientation Guide’

“Oppression breeds resistance,” writes Pissed Off MSU. “Students and youth have fought back every step of the way… It is …

by Future U/ May 21, 2019/ MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Another Deadly Frat Story, This Time at Central Michigan U.

Jack Stripling of The Chronicle of Higher Education shares the story. Read more here.

by Future U/ May 20, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Detroit Free Press Unearths Another Move By Michigan State

MSU cut funding to the university’s student health and wellness program. What are the implications? Read more here.

by Future U/ May 19, 2019/ MSU, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: This State Ranks #1 in Higher Education (and you’re in for a surprise)

You may quibble with the #1 ranking, but most Americans would likely applaud the criteria used to compare the states: …

by Future U/ May 18, 2019/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: That Bloat You Feel? It’s the Growing Size of Higher Ed’s Administrative Class

It’s a bad storyline for American higher education. Over a 12-year period … significant increase in the size of the …

by Future U/ May 17, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: For MSU, Survey Says ….

“We realize that many people may not be fully aware of the positive changes taking place at MSU. This survey …

by Future U/ May 16, 2019/ MSU, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Higher Ed Donors Should Link Contributions to Exercise of Free Speech (op-ed)

“American colleges and universities raised $47 billion in the fiscal year that ended June 30. By making those gifts contingent …

by Future U/ May 15, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: With WPI’s Promotion Protocol, Other Universities Have a Chance to “Get It Right’

Laurie Leshin, Worcester Polytechnic Institute president, said that the new promotion and tenure criteria “bring our reward system much more …

by Future U/ May 14, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: Athletics and Campus Sustainability Aren’t Well Connected. Pacific-12 Conference Schools Want to Change That.

“All Pac-12 athletic departments have committed to measuring their environmental performance, developing strategies and goals to reduce their impact, monitoring …

by Future U/ May 13, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Are ‘Income Share Agreements’ A Good Vehicle To Address Student Loan Debt?

Purdue University thinks so. Many others do, too. But what’s certain about ISA’s is that borrowers will be evaluated– akin …

by Future U/ May 12, 2019/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: What’s the Long-Term Impact of Going to a Top University?

By one measure (earning power), data show that those at both the low and high ends of the income spectrum …

by Future U/ May 11, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Downsides of Excluding the Public from the Search Process Should Be Self-Evident”

Closed searches rely extensively on what trustees learn from search firms. How well do they do the job? A University …

by Future U/ May 10, 2019/ Public Higher Ed/