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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/

PERSPECTIVES: ‘Colleges as Political Playthings’

The example is the University of South Carolina, but the sobriquet applies broadly. Read more at Inside Higher Education.

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

PERSPECTIVES: “University Leadership That Doesn’t Try To Remold Us Into Something We Should Never Be” (commentary)

Professor David McKinnon speaks out. He writes about SUNY Stony Brook, but his commentary speaks broadly to ills in higher …

by Future U/ July 19, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: U. of Alaska Reeling After Budget Cuts

“The 41% budget cut to the university continues to harm us every day,” University of Alaska President James R. …

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