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FRIDAY FORUM: “Knowledge For Sale, The Neoliberal Takeover of Higher Education,” With Dr. Lawrence Busch

Lawrence Busch is University Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Michigan State University. He has been on the faculty at the …

by Future U/ July 19, 2017/

“Early employment gains…may lead to later problems…as workers lack the ability to adjust to a changed economic environment.” Stanford prof, …

by Future U/ July 19, 2017/ Articles, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Administer SAT/ACT to students free of charge. “A child born into a high-income family is 6 times as likely to …

by Future U/ July 18, 2017/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

“Senate meetings don’t really engage faculty members in a lot of deliberation for action.” Read more from The Chronicle of Higher …

by Future U/ July 17, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom blogs about the perils associated with “academic micro-celebrity.” Read her take here.

by Future U/ July 16, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

John Smyth’s new book refers to neoliberal-infused approaches that should be dead, but keep coming to back to life — …

by Future U/ July 15, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Why? How? Read more here.

by Future U/ July 14, 2017/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

Google pays for research supporting its work. Read more here.

by Future U/ July 13, 2017/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

There are stark differences by political party preference. Read more here. College is bad for the country

by Future U/ July 12, 2017/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

Freshman enrollment is down significantly, especially among African Americans. Read more here.

by Future U/ July 11, 2017/ Articles, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Does the potential outcome justify the practice? You decide. Read more here.

by Future U/ July 11, 2017/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Perspectives, Society/

Data show it may depend where institutions are located. Read more from Inside Higher Education.

by Future U/ July 9, 2017/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

USAToday reports that spending on aid to college athletes is up 9% from last year, spending on coaching staffs increased …

by Future U/ July 8, 2017/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

It’s never right to lo0k the other way. Especially now. Read more here.

by Future U/ July 7, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

He doesn’t mince words. Read more here from The New York Times.

by Future U/ July 6, 2017/ Perspectives, Society/