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NEWS BRIEFS: Oxford Isn’t Just An Elite University — It’s For The Elite

Admissions data reveal that Oxford will stay that way, too. Read more from The New York Times.

by Future U/ May 24, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

“While academic skill matters in determining who gets selected, the emphasis is on these students’ resiliency, their drive to learn …

by Future U/ May 23, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

The rate is now about 5x higher than it was just a decade ago. Read more from The Wall Street …

by Future U/ May 22, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

… they are far apart regarding government’s role in paying for it. New America’s findings are analyzed in Inside Higher Education.

by Future U/ May 21, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

From The Detroit Free Press, reforms might include: changing the Board’s governance structure; mandating that the new president be approved …

by Future U/ May 20, 2018/ MSU, Perspectives/

The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Sarah Brown interviewed MSU’s interim chief.

by Future U/ May 19, 2018/ MSU, Perspectives/

Here’s an interactive source published by The Wall Street Journal. The database includes graduates from 445 schools across the country.

by Future U/ May 18, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

Read how African Americans are fighting back against racism. It’s from The Nation.

by Future U/ May 17, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

From NYT: “By focusing on retaining low-income students, rather than just enrolling them, the college raised its graduation rate to 54% …

by Future U/ May 16, 2018/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

“Decades of conservative attacks on higher ed have succeeded in creating an image of the college teacher as radical, elitist, …

by Future U/ May 15, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Boston University’s Ellen Ruppel Shell says it depends on who you are demographically and the status of the school where you matriculate. …

by Future U/ May 14, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board thinks so. It’s because The Left has issues with some of GMU’s funding sources.

by Future U/ May 13, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

A thoughtful essay by David Leonhardt of The New York Times.

by Future U/ May 12, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Since 2003, CA tax breaks amounted to $18 billion while public tuition has risen 70%. Read the report, Restoring Opportunity.

by Future U/ May 11, 2018/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Catharine Bond Hill comments in Inside Higher Education.

by Future U/ May 10, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/