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PERSPECTIVES: In Book Review, Vostal Endorses Smyth’s Higher Education Critique

John Smyth is the author of The Toxic University. In his review, Filip Vostal writes: “Academics are profoundly passive…from the ‘invasion’ …

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

AG will determine if Perles’ resignation was associated with a quid pro quo–his early resignation as trustee in exchange for waiving …

by Future U/ February 23, 2019/ MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Professor BethAnn McLaughlin, an assistant professor at Vanderbilt, founded #MeTooSTEM. Read about her situation at Inside Higher Education.

by Future U/ February 22, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

“Opening Mich St. U’s presidential search to public scrutiny could result in ‘a very difficult process,’ interim president Satish Udpa …

by Future U/ February 21, 2019/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs/

So says Chuck Moss, MSU alum and former state representative (Michigan’s 40th District). Engler did what the MSU Board asked him …

by Future U/ February 20, 2019/ MSU, Perspectives, Society/

News sources reported that Bob Young’s payout would be the remainder of his $1.275 million contract. Professor Catherine Lindell, associate …

by Future U/ February 19, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

Fewer than 1% of doctorates in math are awarded to African-Americans. Here’s a story about one of those few. It’s …

by Future U/ February 18, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

The answer might surprise you. Read the analysis by Professors Hemelt, Stange, Farquim, Simon, and Sawyer, published by the National …

by Future U/ February 17, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

In Two Cheers for Higher Education, Brint offers a balanced view of the enterprise. Read Steven Mintz’s review in Inside Higher …

by Future U/ February 16, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

To the tune of nearly $50 billion dollars in 2017-18, up over 7% year-over-year. A handful of universities–about twenty–lead the …

by Future U/ February 15, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

Emily Witt writes for The New Yorker.

by Future U/ February 14, 2019/ Perspectives, Society/

“As universities face pressure to demonstrate their value, engaged scholarship is more important than ever,” Diana Brazzell writes in Inside …

by Future U/ February 13, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Fort Lewis College (CO), like so many other lower-tier schools, is eliminating languages in exchange for offering students ‘marketable skills.’ …

by Future U/ February 12, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

“The reason that students at Yale and places like it can “afford” to major in history is that they have …

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

Professors Wilde and Finkelstein authored this letter to RECLAIM MSU. In it, they share the results of their research work …

by Future U/ February 10, 2019/ MSU, Perspectives, Society/