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NEWS BRIEFS: Study Finds Wealthy Americans To Be Conservative, With Highest Earners Even More Conservative

Big surprise? No. Read about the details.  

by Future U/ December 7, 2015/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: How to Address the Surplus of Ph.D.’s

Here are two interesting articles–one more about the state of affairs and, the other, what to do about it.   …

by Future U/ December 7, 2015/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: What Has Happened to Academe’s “Public Intellectual”?

Read an update from the author of a 1987 book, The Last Intellectual. Back then, Russell Jacoby wrote that, unlike …

by Future U/ December 7, 2015/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Why Care About Tenure?

Caroline Levine, English chair at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, answers the question. Read her eloquent response here.

by Future U/ December 3, 2015/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: How to Run a Public University

Mark Funkhouser, former KC mayor, offers interesting (and provocative) observations. He make this point: “The lands granted by the federal Morrill …

by Future U/ December 3, 2015/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: AAUP Presidential Address on the Corporatization of Higher Education

Well worth the read: what higher ed has become, why it’s a problem, and what we can do to respond.

by Future U/ November 30, 2015/ Articles, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Campus Protests and Free Speech, The Balance

The situation at Amherst is worth following.

by Future U/ November 30, 2015/ Perspectives, Society/

Real Myths-False Truths, Securing America’s Future with Dr. Larry Busch

Is our nation headed in the right direction? Clearly, most liberal and conservative observers agree that our system of governance …

by Future U/ November 30, 2015/

PERSPECTIVES: Really Big Money in Politics, Implications for Higher Education

The political realities can’t be viewed as irrelevant for higher education. What higher education is and does cannot be seen apart from the resources required. …

by Future U/ November 30, 2015/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Ruben Martinez on the Meaning of “Freedom”

Read more here, from NEXO.

by Future U/ November 26, 2015/ Articles, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Future U? Findings from a National Poll

What might the faculty look like in 2050? That question was explored by Adrianna Kezar and Elizabeth Holcombe in a …

by Future U/ November 26, 2015/ Articles, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: National College Enrollment Rates Dropping for Lower-Income Students

In a disturbing trend, data show that college enrollment rates are dropping. Especially troubling is what’s happening to those who …

by Future U/ November 26, 2015/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

ARTICLES: Spending for Major College Sports Reaches All-Time High

In what may be the most comprehensive analysis to date, The Washington Post has published an important article about the …

by Future U/ November 23, 2015/ Articles, Society/

ARTICLES: Neoliberalism’s Onerous Impact on Latinos

Read this excellent article, written by Michigan State’s Andrea Silva, on the socio-dynamics of neoliberalism on America’s Latinos.

by Future U/ November 23, 2015/ Articles, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Petition Launched to Oust U. of Akron President

From change.org this article outlines a litany of reasons the public should support an effort to oust UA President Scott Scarborough.

by Future U/ November 23, 2015/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/