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PERSPECTIVES: Beginning of the End for Collegiate Academic Rankings?

"Far worse than the rankings themselves is how colleges and universities try to game them."

by Future U/ December 26, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Mike Balow Announces Run for 2024 MSU Board of Trustee Seat

"I intend to finish what we started."

by Future U/ December 25, 2022/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Higher Ed “Shouldn’t Be a Political Echo Chamber”

So says Jonathan Alger, president of James Madison University, because “the purpose of a college education is to stretch your …

by Future U/ December 24, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: “A Horrible Decision,” Commentator Says About MSU’s Deal with Caesar’s Sportsbook

Michelle Fish: “In exchange for what will amount to about $8.7 million for the Athletic Department over the next five …

by Future U/ December 23, 2022/ MSU, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Academic Philanthropy with the Collegiate Mission at Heart

UnKoch My Campus has issued a report on model policies to protect against donor interference.

by Future U/ December 22, 2022/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: Sen. Murphy (CT) and Representative Adams (NC, 12) Introduce “”Fair Play for Women Act”

FROM THE DRAKE GROUP: “The Act would strengthen existing statutes that require colleges and universities to publicly report data demonstrating …

by Future U/ December 21, 2022/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: Engaged Students for Political Action

The Southern Poverty Law Center and Jackson State U students join forces in the historic effort to register Black Mississippians …

by Future U/ December 20, 2022/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: “Not Viable” (Swim/Dive Teams Reinstatement) Foster Reports at MSU Board Meeting

Melanie Foster, MSU Trustee: “Most prohibitively, without sufficient existing fundraising, there is not a path to build a new competition pool …

by Future U/ December 19, 2022/ MSU, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Why Did the NCAA Appoint a Governor As Its New President?

FROM THE ATHLETIC: The Association is looking to politics, Gov. Charlie Baker (R-MA), to 1) protect itself and 2) secure …

by Future U/ December 18, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

News Briefs: NLRB Renders Historic Judgment Regarding USC, PAC-12, and NCAA

FROM ESPN: “The National Labor Relations Board has directed its Los Angeles regional office to pursue charges of unfair labor …

by Future U/ December 17, 2022/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Donor to MSU Board, “We Don’t Need Lip Service (re transparency), We Need Forthright Action”

Nancy Vella told the Michigan State U Board of Trustees. The reference was made regarding the U’s removal of the …

by Future U/ December 16, 2022/ MSU, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Antisemitism Must Become a DEI Priority

Naomi Greenspan, writing in Insider Higher Education: “To create a truly inclusive campus environment, it must be a space where …

by Future U/ December 15, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: UC System Board to UCLA — Move to Big Ten Comes with a “Berkeley Tax”

FROM THE ATHLETIC: Because UCLA’s migration will have a negative impact on a fellow major athletic participant in the U …

by Future U/ December 14, 2022/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: “Erasing History, Leaving Out Inconvenient Facts”

Lev Golinkin, writing in The New York Times: “The institutions that whitewash the Nazi past of men whose names grace …

by Future U/ December 13, 2022/ Higher Ed, Society/

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 …

by Future U/ December 12, 2022/ Higher Ed, Society/