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PERSPECTIVES: Who Speaks, Who Doesn’t On America’s Campuses?

The situation at Williams College draws attention, once again, to important questions about free speech.

by Future U/ February 22, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Why Campus Racism Persists

In this important essay, Robert Bruce Slater, editor of The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, outlines reasons why campus racism persists and …

by Future U/ February 22, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Improving College Access Isn’t Enough

With so many students leaving college before they graduate let’s make college completion a priority. How? Read more here.

by Future U/ February 22, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Forbes List of Top 50 U.S. Colleges and Universities

Loaded with exclusive liberal arts colleges, Ivy League universities, and elite private institutions (e.g., Duke, Stanford), the list includes few public …

by Future U/ February 21, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Rocky Road of Prosecuting Campus Sexual Assaults

Read this account of one case. It’s one chapter (of many chapters) associated with college football and campus sexual assault.

by Future U/ February 21, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Strengthening Academic Governance

Overheads presented by Dr. Larry Gerber at Mich St. Univ., Feb 19 2016.

by Future U/ February 20, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS STORIES: Venture Capital Wealth Funds Scholarships for Low-Income Students

Connect, disconnect. Case in point: the University of Chicago. Read more here.

by Future U/ February 19, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Is It Time To Abolish Federal Student Loans?

“What if…no more Fed students loans, we stopped higher ed tax credits and eliminated Pell Grants? And instead we gave money to …

by Future U/ February 19, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: New Battleground in Higher Ed: Entrepreneurship

Many schools  are promoting a new brand strategy: entrepreneurship. Here’s an example from CUNY.

by Future U/ February 19, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

FLINT WATER CRISIS: Health, Governance, and Infrastructure

Join us as we update Michigan’s response to the discovery of lead in Flint’s water and hear from experts about …

by Future U/ February 19, 2016/

PERSPECTIVES: Black Studies Programs Facing Campus Challenges

Read more about the various issues facing Black Studies programs around the country.

by Future U/ February 18, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Hedge Funds and University Endowments: Just Because We Can, Doesn’t Mean We Should

Campus activists need to ramp up the dialogue about the disconnect between the purpose of higher education and the purpose …

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

NEWS BRIEFS: Collegiate Expressions Of Religious and Ethnic Intolerance

American U., Virginia Tech, UCLA, Geo. Washington, and now the U of Arizona…. What’s going on?

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

NEWS BRIEFS: The Police And A Princeton Professor, Black Lives Matter

Arrested during a traffic stop, this professor was handcuffed to a table. Prosecutor says “police should be commended.”

by Future U/ February 14, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Faculty No Confidence Vote at Mount St. Mary’s

There’s another chapter in the distressing circumstance at Mount St. Mary’s. Read more here.

by Future U/ February 14, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/