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NEWS BRIEFS: California One Step Closer to Enabling Financial Benefits for College Athletes’ Likeness Usage

California lawmakers have approved a bill that would allow players in the state to profit off their name, image, and …

by Future U/ September 11, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Insiders Blow Whistle on President’s Self-Dealing at Liberty University

“In interviews over the past eight months, they depicted how Falwell and his wife, Becki, consolidated power at Liberty University …

by Future U/ September 10, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Nonpartisan Think Tank, “Michigan Has a College Affordability Crisis”

“Higher education’s percentage of budgetary expenditures in Michigan ranks close to the bottom among states, and state appropriations per student …

by Future U/ September 9, 2019/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: In New Book, Wendy Brown Explores How Intensification of Neoliberalism Contributed To “Apocalyptic Populism”

Brown’s book, In the Ruins of Neoliberalism: The Rise of Antidemocratic Politics in the West, is available from Columbia University …

by Future U/ September 8, 2019/ Books, Neoliberalism, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Berkeley Dean Speaks Out re Bill Before California Legislature

If it becomes law, California SB 206 would enable a student-athlete to earn compensation as a result of the use …

by Future U/ September 7, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

FRIDAY FORUM: “Higher Ed, Between Populist Resentment and Elite Capture,” with Dr. Brendan Cantwell

Higher education is a target of anti-elite resentment for right-wing populists and is identified by progressives as a steeply stratified …

by Future U/ September 7, 2019/

NEWS BRIEFS: Feds Fine MSU $4.5 Million Re Title IX and Cleary Act Violations

Read more from the U.S. Department of Education.

by Future U/ September 6, 2019/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: In Public Higher Ed Funding, Michigan Ranks in the Bottom 10 Nationally

“Michigan ranks 44th nationally in per resident support for higher education at $195.52 compared to a national average of $280.60.” …

by Future U/ September 5, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: College Isn’t What It Used to Be (and what needs to change)

Read Frank Bruni’s far-reaching essay in his review of Paul Tough’s new book, The Years that Matter Most. 

by Future U/ September 4, 2019/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Emails Reveal ‘Admit, Check to Follow’ Discussions at Southern Cal

LA Times reports: “In a spreadsheet attached to one of the emails, which included roughly 200 “special interest” applicants put …

by Future U/ September 3, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Beyond Tuition: College at What Cost?

Hua Hsu reviews Caitlin Zaloom’s new book, Indebted. Read more at The New Yorker.

by Future U/ September 2, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: New Book on Free Speech Shows How Far We Need To Go

Sarah Carr on Michael Roth’s, Safe Enough Spaces: Shining examples of campuses that balance inclusion with diverse ideas are few …

by Future U/ September 1, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: An Alternative to ‘Free College for All”

William & Mary economist David H. Feldman offers his four-plank alternative in USAToday.

by Future U/ August 31, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: One Way That College Costs Have Changed America

“Paying for college…has fundamentally changed the experience of being middle class in this country.” Read more in Caitlin Zaloom’s important …

by Future U/ August 30, 2019/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: At UMass Boston, Faculty Are Blamed for Failed Presidential Search

All finalists withdrew after many faculty members questioned their qualifications. UMass system president and the search committee chair both blame …

by Future U/ August 29, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/