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NEWS BRIEFS: Managing Student Debt Load An Ongoing Dilemma

“Education Department: 8,100,000 people — the size of NYC — had not made a payment for at least 9 months on $128 …

by Future U/ August 23, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: New Report Questions Graduation Performance Of Public Colleges and Universities

The study, conducted by Third Way, a DC-based think tank, analyzed a subset of students — first-year, full-time students with …

by Future U/ August 22, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Overcoming Freshman Fear Of Failure

Many of us know that overwhelming feeling that comes early in a college career. How to tackle it? David Kirp …

by Future U/ August 22, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Is Neoliberalism Viable In Today’s World

No, says Nobel Prize winning economist, Joseph Stiglitz. Read why.

by Future U/ August 20, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: College Presidents As Stewards Of Democracy

Harry Boyte summarizes a conversation among college presidents held at The Kettering Foundation. (From Academe.org, published originally in The Huffington Post).

by Future U/ August 18, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Film, “Starving The Beast”

STARVING THE BEAST tells the story of a potent one-two punch roiling public higher education right now: 35 five years of …

by Future U/ August 18, 2016/

PERSPECTIVES: “For The Public Good” Faculty Are Sometimes Seen As Troublemakers

Read more about, Marc Edwards, the Virginia Tech researcher who figured prominently in uncovering lead in Flint’s public water system.

by Future U/ August 18, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: A Poem About Your University’s Brand New Institute

Written by Susan Harlan at McSweeney’s.

by Future U/ August 15, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Is UBER U Located Near You?

Read an incisive article about the corporatization of higher education written by David Theo Goldberg, UCal, Irvine, and published recently …

by Future U/ August 15, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: An Economist Evaluates The Worth of Going To College

It’s the age-old question that can’t be answered in economic terms only, but here’s an analysis you may find useful. …

by Future U/ August 15, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Neoliberal Expansion Brought America Donald Trump

Henry Giroux elaborates at BillMoyers.com in an article published originally in Truthout.

by Future U/ August 14, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Gaming” The Admissions Office

How might prospective students portray themselves attractively to admissions counselors? Here’s one approach to acknowledge and disdain. Read more here.

by Future U/ August 13, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/