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BARBARA EHRENREICH WILL SPEAK TWICE THIS WEEK ON THE MSU CAMPUS

Social critic, commentator and author Barbara Ehrenreich, probably most famous for her book “Nickel and Dimed” based in her undercover …

by Future U/ November 3, 2015/

PERSPECTIVES: “The Powell Memo” (1971), Primary Building Block in Neoliberalism as We Know it Today

Read The Powell Memo here. Background (The text here is drawn from Frank Fear’s essay in LA Progressive, March 24, 2016) …

by Future U/ November 2, 2015/ Perspectives, Society/

“The Climate for Climate Change” with Dr. Jim Detjen

Jim Detjen, emeritus professor of journalism and former director of the Knight School for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University, will …

by Future U/ October 31, 2015/

PERSPECTIVES: How Much is Too Much, Athletics and the University

Athletics is a primary feature in today’s “branded university.” But how much is too much? And who gets to decide …

by Future U/ October 31, 2015/ MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

LITERATURE: The “Managerial Organization,” Implications and Applications to the Health Professions

Read a new article by Paul A Komesaroff, Ian H Kerridge, David Isaacs and Peter M Brooks. The co-authors focus on …

by Future U/ October 31, 2015/ Articles, Society/

PERSPECTIVE: “Death Steals Everything but Our Stories,” Bill Castanier on Bonnie Bucqueroux

Read Bill’s evocative recollections of his relationship and collaboration with Bonnie. It’s reprinted from Lansing Online News.

by Future U/ October 31, 2015/ MSU, Perspectives/

LITERATURE: Can Corporations and Democracy Co-Exist?

MSU Professor Emeritus, David Dwyer, calls it “Corporate Parasitology 101,” in a provocative new essay. Dwyer concludes that “to restore the …

by Future U/ October 31, 2015/ Articles, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Why It’s Time for Tuition-Free Public Colleges & Universities

America is facing a crisis: a public good has become a private matter. Lawrence Wittner, the author of this piece, …

by Future U/ October 29, 2015/ Articles, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: New Film Highlights Economic Plight of Adjunct Profs

The new film was produced for a Congressional hearing. From the article: “Between 1970 and 2008, the average pay of …

by Future U/ October 28, 2015/ News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: Onerous Trends in Higher Education

Some university trends are good and some, well, just aren’t. Here’s a recent article on issues in higher education that …

by Future U/ October 27, 2015/ Articles/

PERSPECTIVES: The Company You Keep, “The UnBranded University”

Universities weren’t branded and marketed to the public in the 1950s. They were “unbranded” in the business sense. And perhaps there’s …

by Future U/ October 27, 2015/ MSU, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Pulitzer Prize Winner Critiques Big-Time College Athletics

Gilbert Gaul is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. His newest book is “Billion Dollar Ball: A Journey Through …

by Future U/ October 26, 2015/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Neoliberalism and Higher Education

Teresa Córdova is Director, Great Cities Institute, University of Illinois Chicago. Read her Director’s Blog on neoliberalism in higher ed.

by Future U/ October 26, 2015/ Public Higher Ed, Society/

VIDEO: What Good is Higher Education?

Presentation by Dr. Lawrence Busch, Distinguished Professor, Michigan State University. Also watch Larry’s interview on Lansing’s Online News Radio.

by Future U/ October 26, 2015/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: 20% of States Spend More Public Money on Prisons v. Higher Ed

Michigan is one of the states–10 in total–that put more state money behind the prison system than investing in higher …

by Future U/ October 24, 2015/ News Briefs/