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Emergency Manager Reform in Michigan

The program will update Michigan’s experiences with emergency managers. During the past three decades several school districts and communities faced …

by Future U/ September 8, 2016/

NEWS BRIEFS: New Report Issued on Tuition Costs at Michigan’s Public Universities

The Michigan League for Public Policy compared tuition costs of a four-year education (tuition) at Michigan’s public universities for students in the …

by Future U/ September 8, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Dark Money,” the Koch Brothers, and America’s Universities

Read Connor Gibson’s essay (from Academe.blog), a review of Jane Mayer’s book, “Dark Money.” Read it here: “UnKoch My Campus“

by Future U/ September 7, 2016/ Articles, Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: MSU Prof Emeritus Norm Pollack on American Exceptionalism

Read Norm’s recent essay here.

by Future U/ September 6, 2016/ Articles, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Silicon Valley Becomes Attractive Option for Academic Economists

Plenty of opportunities out West…. Read more.

by Future U/ September 5, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: College Athletes Can Be Paid … In The Olympics

Jim Thorpe was stripped of an Olympic Gold in 1913 because he played minor league baseball. Wonder what he would …

by Future U/ September 4, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: When Parents Say To Their Kids: “Don’t Major In History!”

Thoughtful article by Stephen Pearlstein from The Washington Post. Read it here.

by Future U/ September 3, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Interview With Producer & Director of “Starving the Beast,” A New Film on Public Universities

The interview was published in The Washington Post. Read more here. Watch trailer here.

by Future U/ September 2, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Georgetown Offers Preferential Admission to Slave Descendants

Action follows deliberation of a university committee. Read more here. Just as importantly…. “Two buildings are being renamed, which originally paid tribute …

by Future U/ September 1, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: College Rewards Those Who Save

It’s an innovation at Washington College. Read more.

by Future U/ August 31, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Are State Budget Cuts Diminishing The So-Called “Public Ivy’s”?

A former trustee speaks out. Read his argument here. What do you think?

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

PERSPECTIVES: “Civic Studies” In Higher Education?

It would be an important alternative to higher education’s contemporary emphasis on STEM and Entrepreneurship. Why? Harry Boyte elaborates at Moyers and …

by Future U/ August 28, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Forbes’ List of Top 25 Public Universities

Lists are a dime a dozen, but the list of best public universities includes state-supported institutions, including (in the Big Ten) Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Minnesota. …

by Future U/ August 28, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: With Billions Stashed Away, State Legislators Ask Questions Of Public Universities

Focus in this The Washington Post article is UVA, but Pitt, Penn St., UNC, Maryland, and Virginia Tech, among others, …

by Future U/ August 27, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: More Transparency Needed in Communicating College Costs

The Washington Post: Over 50% of families in the lowest income quartile pay 100% or more of their annual income to cover the …

by Future U/ August 27, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/