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NEWS BRIEFS: US Dept. of Ed Identifies High Value Schools for Low-Income Families

All but three schools on the list–GA Tech, Mich, and UVA–are high-profile private institutions. Read more here.

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

PERSPECTIVE: The Internet and the Future of Higher Ed, An Interpretation

Here’s Michael Kinsley’s take on how the Internet will effect the future of higher education. Read more here.

by Future U/ February 8, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: History of Black Activism on American Campuses

“Black Lives Matter has found a place on campuses in the way the civil rights and black power movements once did.”                

by Future U/ February 7, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The Fight to Clean Up For-Profit Higher Ed

“One for-profit college charges $53k for a degree in dental hygiene that costs 1/6th as much at the state’s public colleges.” Read …

by Future U/ February 7, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Reconfiguring College, Making It Short and Sweet

“College has a lot in common with your cable TV package, according to Michael Horn, a principal consultant at innovation agency Entangled Solutions…. Some students …

by Future U/ February 7, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVE: Rise and Decline of Faculty Governance

A market-oriented higher education views public goods as commodities. Stronger academic governance could offer a counterbalance. .

by Future U/ February 7, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Collegiate Connection in the Black Lives Matter Movement

The economic gap in the African-American community is an important issue in Black Lives Matter. Read Henry Lewis Gates, Jr. here.

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

PERSPECTIVES: “Why I Left My Sorority”

Read this Washington Post commentary written by a college student.

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

NEWS BRIEFS: When It Comes to Faculty Work and Extension, The More Things Change, The More They Remain the Same

What’s the connection between Extension & the faculty reward system? The answer–at the root of a reform movement that began in …

by Future U/ February 5, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Adjuncts in Homeless Shelters? Yes.

It’s time to have a national conversation about the plight of adjuncts. Why? Read here.

by Future U/ February 4, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Profile of Student Debt By Field of Study

Read the results of a Washington Post study of debt carried by academic field of study.

by Future U/ February 3, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Profiles of Student Activists From Around the U.S.

Who are they? Where are they? Here are profiles of notable student activists and work they’re doing on America’s campuses.

by Future U/ February 3, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Public Science Was Ignored, Rebuked In Flint

Science conducted for the public good, as happened in Flint, is too often ignored. Read more here.

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

PERSPECTIVES: Disruption in the Academy, A Progressive’s View

“Exile as a Space of Disruption in the Academy, ” by Henry Giroux How can one not be in exile …

by Future U/ February 2, 2016/ Articles, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Major Student Body Shift At Many (But Not All) Major Public Universities

Big increases are documented in the percentage of out-of-state undergraduates. See which schools lead the way and which schools are bucking the …

by Future U/ February 1, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/