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NEWS BRIEFS: Evidence That MSU Didn’t Release Certain Material Associated with the Nassar Probe

"MSU had for years fought the release of the documents, including to the AG, and was successful in keeping them …

by Future U/ September 15, 2024/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Private Equity–Higher Ed Partner, Owner, or Both?

A long-time owner of for-profit higher ed, when will private equity become a major "partner" in public/private higher ed?

by Future U/ September 14, 2024/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Howes Lays Bare MSU’s Obstreperous Culture

"Institutions as dysfunctional as MSU don't get that way by accident. They get that way by choice." 

by Future U/ September 13, 2024/ Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: “It’s Not Over,” Say Nassar Victims

Kaylee Lorincz: "They just want to be able to slide everything under the rug and act like it didn’t happen."

by Future U/ September 12, 2024/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: University of Pennsylvania Most Recent University to Adopt “Institutional Neutrality”

Interim President J. Larry Jameson: "By quieting Penn’s institutional voice, we hope to amplify the expertise and voices within."

by Future U/ September 11, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Brown’s Scheduled Divestment Vote Raises Questions, Causes Pushback

President Christina Paxson: “It’s important to bring clarity to a divisive question of high interest to our community for years,”

by Future U/ September 10, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Massive Austerity Move Has Continuing Consequences at West Virginia University

Solomon Clark, an undergrad in applied math, was considering staying for grad school, but math grad programs were dropped.

by Future U/ September 9, 2024/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: University of Dayton to Shed Grad Programs in Financial Move

"Up to 20 master’s programs/3 doctoral programs could be eliminated/consolidated in a shift to undergrad ed."

by Future U/ September 8, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Cal State System Facing Significant Budget Cuts

Cal State trustee member C.J. Steinhauser: “We are going to have fewer programs, fewer positions."

by Future U/ September 7, 2024/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Rally Set this Week for Union of Tenure System Faculty at MSU

Rally is set for Friday, Sept. 6, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Brody East Lawn, on the Michigan …

by Future U/ September 5, 2024/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: Don’t Be Deterred “By Loud Voices in the Political Sphere” Decrying Campus Protests

Michael S. Roth: "I’m a college president, and I hope my campus Is even more political this year."

by Future U/ September 4, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEW BOOK: The Quiet Coup: Neoliberalism and the Looting of America

Published May 24, 2024 by W. W. Norton & Company

by Future U/ September 3, 2024/ Books, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Faculty Strikes Loom at Oakland University and Western Michigan University

"Staff at both universities are seeking to offset sharp cost of living increases with significant pay increases."

by Future U/ September 2, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: Michigan State U Extension Faces Hurdles in Quest to Unionize

Union of Tenure Stream Faculty organizer NiCole Buchanan: “They (the university) are engaging in union busting 101.”

by Future U/ September 1, 2024/ MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: “Unionize, You Say? Increasingly in Higher Ed, the Answer is “Yes!”

"The biggest boom was among graduate student workers, +133% since 2012, while unionized faculty have increased 7%.

by Future U/ August 31, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/