PERSPECTIVES: It’s Time to Include Students on College Boards of Trustees
UConn alumna Sena Wazer writes in The Nation about how student activists on that campus have organized to influence BOT …
PERSPECTIVES: Speak Out? The “Politics of Politics” is Dicey
Commenting on “external matters” (language from the University of Illinois) tells you all you need to do about what can …
December 11, 2022/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: SCOTUS Decision “Leaves in Place a Regressive and Unworkable Standard”
Words of MSU spokesperson Emily Guerrant in response to the SCOTUS decision not to take up a case that MSU …
December 10, 2022/
Higher Ed, MSU, Public Higher Ed/
NEWS BRIEFS: MSU Trustee Pat O’Keefe Resigns, Cites Unresolved Issues as Reason
Pat O’Keefe: “Knowing the institution’s history, I can no longer serve on a Board that purports to promote cultural change …
December 9, 2022/
MSU, News Briefs/
NEWS BRIEFS: University of Kansas Proposes Cutting 42 Academic Programs
Faculty Senate endorses 28 of those cuts and encourages retaining 14 others.
November 5, 2022/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/
PERSPECTIVES: “Because College is the Training Ground for America’s Future Leaders, the Negative Consequences Would Have Reverberations Throughout Just About Every Important Institution in America”
The headline quote is from Gen. Elizabeth Prelogar, solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice.
November 4, 2022/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: Isaac Kamola Talks Free Speech and Koch Money
Dr. Kamola is a guest on "Conjuncture" with host Christina Heatherton.
November 3, 2022/
Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Video/
PERSPECTIVES: “Beowulf” Mistreated (in Virginia)
Events show what can happen when we allow the government to get involved in issues of culture.
November 2, 2022/
Public Higher Ed/
NEWS BRIEFS: “I’ve Heard the Word ‘Diversity’ Quite a Few Times, But I Don’t Have a Clue What It Means”
U.S. Solicitor General Prelogar: “I do think eventually affirmative action will end in higher education."
NEWS BRIEFS: “We Continue to Be Gravely Concerned about This Board”
Kelly-Blake accused the Board of “actively inflicting harm” on the university in a number of ways."
October 31, 2022/
MSU, Public Higher Ed/
NEWS BRIEFS: U. Florida Faculty Senate Expected to Vote “No Confidence” re Sasse’s Appointment
Special faculty meeting is scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
October 26, 2022/
Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: Lansing-area Judge Inserts Herself in MSU Presidential Search
"Rosemarie Aquilina is interested in the interim president position ... and the permanent post."
October 24, 2022/
MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/
Mike Balow: Trustee Candidate is Right for Michigan State
Vote November 8 for Mike Balow, MSU Board of Trustees.
PERSPECTIVES: What a Reporter Learned While Researching Michigan Public University Enrollments
"MSU admitted nearly 85% of its 55,525 applicants."
October 16, 2022/
MSU, Public Higher Ed/
PERSPECTIVES: Even Tougher Times Ahead for Michigan’s Public Universities
Matt Miller in MLive: “Michigan’s public universities have lost 45,000 students since 2011. It’s about to get worse.”
October 14, 2022/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/