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PERSPECTIVES: More Colleges Emphasizing Civic Learning

Read why in an article published recently in Inside Higher Education.

by Future U/ May 11, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Why Are So Many Men Coaching NCAA Women’s Sports?

For insights read Annie Brown’s report via Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting.

by Future U/ May 10, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: A Commencement Address To Remember

Commencement Address 2016, Daniel Porterfield, president, Franklin and Marshall College (courtesy Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post)

by Future U/ May 9, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: College Costs, Debt Continue Rising

Read two articles from a recent series published in USA Today. In last 30 years, state university college costs +130%, …

by Future U/ May 8, 2016/ Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Silence And A University President

Baylor University is getting national attention. It’s about football, sexual assault, & institutional response. Read more  from The Dallas Morning News.

by Future U/ May 6, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: When A “Balanced Decision” Causes Campus Distress

Yale retains the name of white supremacist on a residential college & names another college after a civil rights activist.  Read more.

by Future U/ May 5, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Repetitive Themes Appear in Campus Branding

There’s a lot of similarity. And distinctiveness sometimes comes with a question: Is the message valid? Read more.

by Future U/ May 5, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PRESENTATION: “The Dilemma of Subsidies in College Sports,” With Frank Fear

Dilemma, a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially equally undesirable …

by Future U/ May 5, 2016/

NEWS BRIEFS: UW Madison Faculty Vote No Confidence in System Head and Regents

A variety of issues precipitated the move. Read more here.

by Future U/ May 4, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Higher Education Needs to Become A Social Leveler … Again

“3% of students at the most selective schools come from the bottom economic quartile. The top economic quartile supplies 72%.” Read this NYTs …

by Future U/ May 3, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: How Much Cash Should Michigan Public Universities Pour Into Athletics?

Detroit Free Press article stimulated by HBO program (Real Sports) with spotlight on EMU. Read more here.

by Future U/ May 3, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: What’s In A Name? “Oh, My!” That’s The Answer at Geo Mason University

With Kock Brothers money already invested on campus, renaming the law school in honor of Justice Antonin Scalia is causing consternation. Read …

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

PERSPECTIVE: Idaho President Says Why School is Leaving Big-Time Sports

That decision, which is under fire from alums and other boosters, is explained in this article from Inside Higher Education. …

by Future U/ May 1, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Small Colleges Struggle Financially

In this story the spotlight is on Franklin Pierce College (NH). Read more here.

by Future U/ May 1, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Subsidies Are Primary Means of Funding College Sports At Many Universities

Majority of public universities can’t balance athletic books without university allocations and student fees. Amount nationally? $2.6 billion dollars in ’14-15. …

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