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PERSPECTIVES: Professor on the “Hanky-Panky in Lansing”

On the MSU-Simon golden handshake: “If there ever was a need for a good example of college governance reform, this …

by Future U/ August 3, 2019/ Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Undergrads At This School Have A Median Family Income of $154k. What’s It Like For Limited-Resource Students?

That school is the University of Michigan and the income profile among its undergraduate is the highest among all ‘highly …

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

PERSPECTIVE: The Case for Paying More Attention To Pre-Tenure Faculty

Anybody who has been through the tenure process and has mentored junior faculty knows that this article is spot on. …

by Future U/ August 1, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

How Many ‘Independents’ Are There in America?

Is ‘Independent’ really America’s political affiliation of choice? It’s a dicey question.  

by Frank Fear/ August 1, 2019/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWSBRIEFS: Giving Up Child Custody For College Admission Advantage

“Parents are giving up legal guardianship of their children during their junior or senior year in high school to someone …

by Future U/ July 31, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Under Fed Pressure, San Francisco State Closes Chinese Language Program

LA Times: “U.S. officials are…warning that universities have unwittingly exposed themselves to undue influence or even espionage efforts from America’s …

by Future U/ July 30, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Why Private Liberal Arts Colleges Keep Grabbing Students

“Today, the most selective liberal arts colleges such as Williams and Amherst rank among the nation’s most sought-out and wealthiest …

by Future U/ July 29, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Drake Group Calls for Congressional Study of Intercollegiate Athletics

The Drake Group (a national organization to defend educational integrity in higher education from the corrosive aspects of commercialized college …

by Future U/ July 28, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Author Says Collegiate Sports Should Conform to International Standards

In a recently published article in Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport, Prof. Marc Edelman “calls for a bifurcated reform …

by Future U/ July 27, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: What Went Wrong at Southern Cal? What Ails Higher Education?

As one reader wrote in response to William Tierney’s commentary: “Basically, a tiresomely familiar scenario, one that plays out across …

by Future U/ July 26, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: Sen. Murphy (CT) Slams NCAA for “Lack of Academic Integrity”

Student-athletes sometimes spend more than 50 hours a week on athletic activities and graduate at significantly lower rates than non-athletes. …

by Future U/ July 25, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Should Faculty Have Greater Say In Collegiate Management & Directions? (commentaries)

Professor Samuel J. Abrams, Sarah Lawrence College, makes the case in Inside Higher Education. Kathryn Blanchard, Alma College, isn’t quite …

by Future U/ July 24, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: “He’s Telling…(mistruths) [and] (truths)…About Higher Ed!

“He” is Joseph Epstein, lecturer emeritus, Northwestern U. Epstein wrote a controversial op-ed recently in The Wall Street Journal. Among …

by Future U/ July 23, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: The Economic Skinny on ‘Tuition-Free’ Public Higher Ed

The analysis is courtesy of David Deming, Kennedy School, Harvard University. Read more from The New York Times.

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

PERSPECTIVES: ‘Stop Treating Community Colleges Like Ugly Stepsisters’ (commentary)

Says Michelle Singletary. Read more from The Telegram.

by Future U/ July 21, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/