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PERSPECTIVES: This Columnist Thinks “College Rankings Are A Joke”

Read what NYT’s columnist, Frank Bruni, has to say. Read more here.

by Future U/ September 19, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Even With Big Subsidies, Lower-Tier Football Teams Need Big Paychecks From Big Schools To Balance Athletic Budgets

Called pejoratively “body-bag games” you can chalk up this practice to the reality context of major college sports. But should it continue? …

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

PERSPECTIVES: Penn State’s ‘Daily Collegian’ On PSU’s Decision to Celebrate Joe Paterno

Read the editorial here. Read a commentary from The New York Times. (Cover photo, courtesy NYTs.)

by Future U/ September 17, 2016/ News Briefs, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “I Walked Into A Campus Bookstore Without Books”

Hype-commercialization of the academic book market–coupled with the rise of electronic booksellers, like Amazon.com–is transforming campus bookstores to “campus stores.” Read more …

by Future U/ September 17, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The “Precariat” And Its Application to Higher Education

Precariat is class of people whose lives lack predictability/financial security. The term applies to many part-time & adjunct faculty members who try to …

by Future U/ September 17, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

“Exceptionalism As a Driver of Major International Conflicts” with David Firestein

David Firestein is Vice President of East Institute, a think tank based in Washington D.C. Earlier theories on why international conflict …

by Future U/ September 16, 2016/

NEWS BRIEFS: Controversy Erupts Over Course Offering at UC Berkeley

From The Guardian: “The University of California, Berkeley has suspended a course dedicated to studying Palestine “through the lens of …

by Future U/ September 16, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Investigative Reporting Reveals Big Sugar and University Researchers Conspired To Redirect Discourse On Public Health

“The sugar industry paid scientists in the 1960s to play down the link between sugar and heart disease and promote …

by Future U/ September 14, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Updates On The LIU Faculty Lockout

“The LIU lockout marks the first time in American history that higher education faculty have ever been locked out by …

by Future U/ September 13, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The Case For TA And RA Unions At Private Universities

From the NYTs: “For decades, universities treated graduate teaching and research assistants not as professionals in their own right, but …

by Future U/ September 12, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: When A University Decides Not To Practice Its Own Research Results

The case is Dartmouth College, which announced it will stop participating in a national health care program designed by faculty in its …

by Future U/ September 11, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Pluralistic Commonwealth, The Concept And Vision

Gar Alperovitz explains. He’s The Lionel R. Bauman professor of political economy, University of Maryland. Read more here. (Article courtesy of …

by Future U/ September 10, 2016/ Articles, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Incredible Life Of An Engaged College President

John R. Coleman, once president of Haverford College, was an engaged scholar and administrator, including (among other things) organizing college presidents against the …

by Future U/ September 9, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Administrative Growth In Higher Education

Parkinson’s Law. Read about the Law’s application to higher education.

by Future U/ September 9, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Donor Conditions Bring Controversy At Wayne State

Michael and Marian Ilitch (Little Caesar’s Pizza) will give $40 million to the university’s business college. But do the conditions …

by Future U/ September 9, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/