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“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/

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/