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NEWS BRIEFS: At University of Kansas, It’s Not Whether to Cut Academic Programs, But How Many Will Be Cut

KU faculty want to save 14 of the 42 proposed program cuts.

by Future U/ June 4, 2022/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: One Way Right-Wing Money is Infiltrating Higher Education

"They do not support education as an end in itself, but as a means to an end that they should …

by Future U/ June 2, 2022/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Numbers Show How Michigan Universities Handled Vaccine Mandates

MSU + UM: 500+ employees were terminated/2500+ students were suspended or placed on academic hold.

by Future U/ June 1, 2022/ Higher Ed, MSU, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: “It’s Meant to Get Students Dreaming about High Academics”

Nineteen Michigan high schools sent 70%+ of their 2021 graduates to college despite having a student population that was 40%+ …

by Future U/ May 31, 2022/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: A Higher Education Story, An Olympics Story, and Much More: Spotlight on Stanford & 2012 Olympian, Cassidy Krug

Cassidy sat down with Frank Fear for this 30-minute interview. (Published in collaboration with The Sports Column https://www.thesportscol.com/).

by Frank Fear/ May 29, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society, Video/

PERSPECTIVES: Florida’s “Stop WOKE Act” Misconstrues Higher Education

"Indeed, if the social sciences can be stifled for political reasons, so can any discipline deemed troublesome."

by Future U/ May 28, 2022/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: (On the Elimination of MSU’s Men’s & Women’s Swimming and Diving) “I’m told I need to move on, find another hobby and leave the sport that has molded my identity since I was 4 years old.”

"I will continue to “beat the broken drum” and just keep swimming until it’s impossible for the administration to ignore …

by Future U/ May 24, 2022/ MSU, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: WI Republicans Slam UW-Madison Chancellor Appointment

Mnookin was criticized "for her support for CRT and vaccine mandates and meeting with President Biden’s son Hunter Biden."

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

PERSPECTIVES: Activist Group Influences MSU BOT Nomination Outcome

The group, POSSE, targeted incumbent Melanie Foster, who the party did not nominate.

by Future U/ May 17, 2022/ MSU/

PERSPECTIVE: NY Times Editorial Board’s Cogent Argument about Student Debt

"An across-the-board cancellation would be tremendously regressive,"

by Future U/ May 16, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: It’s Time to Reconcile the Connection Betweem Student Needs and Faculty Expectations

Meeting students where they are needs to be reconciled with meeting faculty where they are.

by Future U/ May 13, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: University Athletic Director Fired Because of Non-Competitiveness in NIL Marketplace

“Where we erred was focusing on educating our athletes about NIL and not just collecting cash and paying kids to …

by Future U/ May 11, 2022/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: New Report Finds More Black and Hispanic Students Left College Than Are Enrolled

Black and Hispanic students constitute 43% of 39 million students who left college nationally and are 34% of the nation's …

by Future U/ May 10, 2022/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVE: What’s Happening at Grinnell Gives Hope

The college president endorses the outcome of an election that expands an on-campus union to cover every student worker.

by Future U/ April 30, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Why Michigan State’s Enrollment is Increasing

One reason is MSU's 76% acceptance rate, one of the highest rates in the Big Ten.

by Future U/ April 27, 2022/ MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/