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FACULTY FORUM: Peter Ruark on “Rising Tuition, Weak State Funding, and Accumulating Student Debt”

      Peter Ruark is Senior Policy Analyst with The Michigan League for Public Policy.

by Future U/ January 6, 2017/

PERSPECTIVES: Is It Safe To Study In The U.S.?

Canadian universities experienced an applications surge following the U.S. election. Read more here from The New York Times.

by Future U/ January 6, 2017/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: When University Silence Is Deafening

Why bite a hand that feeds it? Read more here about an American researcher working in the Middle East.

by Future U/ January 5, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: New York State Proposes Tuition-Free College Plan

To be rolled out over 3 years, the plan offers free tuition at state colleges/universities for qualifying families. Read more …

by Future U/ January 4, 2017/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: One Big Reason Why Free Speech Is Important

“When Americans restrict speech…it’s usually minorities who lose out. That’s why just about every great fighter for racial equality in …

by Future U/ January 4, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Revisiting History? Karl Polanyi’s “The Great Transformation”

Polanyi’s interpretations also make sense for today’s world. Nikil Saval’s insightful essay is from The Nation.

by Future U/ January 3, 2017/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Fake News, Now Fake Scholarship? C’Mon!

Just because a paper was published you can’t assume that it’s valid, has been peer reviewed, or is even…scholarship. Read …

by Future U/ January 2, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Should Colleges Raise the Bar To Find Students Guilty of Sexual Assault?

Stanford and Duke stand apart among America’s top colleges in terms of raising the bar to determine guilt in sexual …

by Future U/ January 1, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Value of the Liberal Arts In The Age of Trump

“To lead in a pluralistic, free society, graduates need deeply rooted humane instincts: compassion, intellectual curiosity, self-awareness, integrity, and moral …

by Future U/ December 31, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Pros and Cons of Corporate Funding of Science

Ag science is a focus of this investigation. Finding: there are challenges working within and working outside corporate agriculture. Read …

by Future U/ December 30, 2016/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Should Congress Change Campus Sexual Assault Guidelines?

Freedom Caucus chairperson, Mark Meadows, and the American Association of Universities say yes. Read more here.

by Future U/ December 29, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Columbia University Protests Grad Student Union Vote

“CU said that tactics, like voter coercion, may have tipped the balance. The National Labor Relations Board should invalidate the …

by Future U/ December 28, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVE: Foreign Student Enrollments Increase Significantly at America’s Elite Colleges

What’s the issue? At Ivy League schools over a ten-year period (2004-14) the freshman class grew 5%, incoming foreign students rose …

by Future U/ December 27, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: One Way To Jump-Start Saving for College

Read about a pilot program in NYC designed to stimulate college savings. The story is from The New York Times.

by Future U/ December 26, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Academics Analyze America’s Food System

No whipped cream?! Read critiques of America’s food system by Danny Block (Chicago St.) and Phil Howard (Mich St.) .

by Future U/ December 25, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/