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PERSPECTIVES: University President Comments on Campus “Safe Spaces”

Morton Schapiro, president of Northwestern University, speaks persuasively about why campuses “safe spaces” are important.

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

FILM: “This Changes Everything,” Hannah Community Center, East Lansing, MI

This Changes Everything is an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change. Directed by Avi Lewis, and inspired …

by Future U/ January 15, 2016/

NEWS BRIEFS: NYC To Pay Greater Share of CUNY Costs

So says Gov. Cuomo in his just-unveiled state budget proposal. Read more here. “Shifting one-third of the cost of CUNY …

by Future U/ January 15, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Free Tuition in Harvard’s Future?

Many university endowments are at all-time highs with Harvard’s endowment at $38 billion. Is now the time for tuition-free undergrad education? Read more …

by Future U/ January 15, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Research on Higher Education’s Liberal-Conservative Continuum, Students & Faculty

“In the academy liberals now outnumber conservatives by roughly 5-to-1. But, among the general public, conservatives are considerably more prevalent than …

by Future U/ January 13, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Jack and Jill Collaborated on an Article …

…and recent research reveals that Jack is likely to get more credit than Jill. Details here.

by Future U/ January 11, 2016/ News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: New York State Launches College Program in State Prisons

Criticized as “Attica U” the governor says “prisons weren’t designed to be warehouses.” Read more here.  

by Future U/ January 11, 2016/ Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: A Different Approach to the Psychodynamics of University Branding

Here’s an alternative to the standard, “We’re great!” (Source: The University of Western Sydney)

by Future U/ January 11, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: How To Talk On With One Another On Campus About … Well … Intimacy

Enabling important conversations designed to reduce the frequency of campus sexual assaults. Read more here.

by Future U/ January 10, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Black Athletes Exploited by Revenue-Based College Athletics

At schools in the 6 big-time athletic conferences, African-Americans comprise about 2/3rds of college football & basketball players…and about 3% …

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

PERSPECTIVES: The Rise of “The Administered University”

The time of scholars leading has been replaced by business-types administering. Lo’ the modern university. Read Benjamin Ginsberg’s critique here.

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

NEWS BRIEFS: How to Fire A Controversial Tenured Professor

It’s the culmination of a case reported earlier on this site. James Tracy was fired by Florida Atlantic Univ. Why? How? Read on.

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

PRESENTATION: “The Flint Water Crisis: How Could Things Go So Wrong?” Dr. Susan Masten, Professor, MSU College of Engineering

Once a robust city due to a booming automotive industry, Flint MI is now suffering a serious economic decline; so …

by Future U/ January 8, 2016/

PERSPECTIVES: Policing Evangelical Boundaries at Wheaton College

Tenured prof, Larycia Hawkins, was placed on leave for claiming that Muslims & Christians worship the same God. The college …

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

PERSPECTIVES: Victor Anderson’s Commentary, “The Fall of Neoliberalism”

Anderson offers extensive commentary in this October 2015 essay (courtesy www.greenhousethinktank.org) 

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