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NEWS BRIEFS: Higher HS Grad Rates, Lower Proficiency Levels

The good news is that a higher percentage of students are graduating from America’s high schools, especially those located in limited-resource …

by Future U/ December 27, 2015/ News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The Rich-Poor Divide in Today’s Higher Education

It has always been a problem and it’s still a problem. When does a right become a luxury? Read more here.

by Future U/ December 23, 2015/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: College Athletics in Black and White

At major colleges a Black male is 13x more likely than a White male to be on football & basketball scholarship. …

by Future U/ December 23, 2015/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The “Gilded” College Presidency

How much is too much? NYU is one answer.

by Future U/ December 22, 2015/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Colleges Need To Do A Better Job Addressing Campus Suicides

Marney White of Yale U. recommends initiating mandatory mental health screenings.

by Future U/ December 22, 2015/ Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: In 2014, 48 Universities Spent Nearly a Billion Dollars — On Athletic Facilities

The Washington Post series on collegiate sports’ arms race focuses on $ for athletic facilities.

by Future U/ December 22, 2015/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Commentary on a Faculty Experience

“It’s not for everybody.” “It’s not what it used to be.” “It’s ….” You fill in the blank. Here’s one …

by Future U/ December 20, 2015/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Higher Ed is “A House Divided,” Will Says. To “Un-divide” Be Like Purdue

Thumbs up for science … thumbs down for the humanities and social sciences. It’s tasty dish for higher education, and it’s just …

by Future U/ December 20, 2015/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Universities Take Note–Democratic Practices Yield Results

Public Agenda’s Matt Leighninger looks at constructive examples from around the world.

by Future U/ December 19, 2015/ Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Student Activists Compel Change at the Univ. of California

From The Daily Nexus: UC sold ~$25 million of indirect investments after the Afrikan Black Coalition, encompassing UC’s nine Black Student Unions, made public …

by Future U/ December 19, 2015/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: What’s Contributing to College Costs?

Harvard economics professor, N. Gregory Mankiw, comments.

by Future U/ December 19, 2015/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Did Academic Freedom Cross a Line?

A case at Florida Atlantic U. raises questions about if and when the right to inquiry conflicts with “common decency.”

by Future U/ December 18, 2015/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Life, Liberty, and The Right to Pack a Gun

At Liberty University a “call to arms” refers to higher ed & guns.

by Future U/ December 18, 2015/ Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Faculty Voice, Institutional Preferences Sometimes Don’t Mix

What are the boundaries, limits when it comes to faculty expression? Read about the case of Wheaton College.

by Future U/ December 18, 2015/ News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: Missouri Bill Seeks to Restrict Free Speech, Compromise Democracy

Two Missouri legislators introduced a bill in response to athletes’ activism at the University of Missouri. Read Kevin Blackistone’s commentary here.

by Future U/ December 17, 2015/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/