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Shadow Side of Commercialized College Sports Featured in FutureU Video

Andrew Zimbalist, Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics, Smith College, writes about the money side of revenue-generating college sports.

by Future U/ December 30, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Video/

AUDIOCAST/VIDEO Now Available, “The Quantified Scholar” with Professor Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra

Faculty productivity metrics do more than measure faculty productivity. "Measuring up" has consequences for faculty and fields of study. Here's …

by Future U/ December 10, 2021/ Books, Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Industry Scientists More Positive than Academic Scientists

FROM NATURE (an editorial): “If they (academic administrators) want current and future generations of academics to thrive, they need to …

by Future U/ December 6, 2021/ Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: “High Debt, Limited Opportunities” Characterize Certain Professional Degree Programs (WSJ)

FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: “Professional degrees like dentistry and veterinary medicine are leaving many students with immense college debt, …

by Future U/ December 5, 2021/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Politically-Influenced Philanthropy “At It Again,” This Time to ‘Support’ Free Speech

What are money-starved schools supposed to do? Capitulate? Say, no thank you. Here’s the situation as reported by The Wall …

by Future U/ December 4, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Next FutureU Forum Focuses on “The Quantified Scholar”

Wednesday, December 8, 1:30-3p Eastern time, 10:30-Noon Pacific time. 

by Future U/ November 30, 2021/ Higher Ed/

Here’s the Right Move for America’s Major Sports-Playing Universities

Major college football & basketball are exciting, but what they don't do is connect well to higher education's mission and …

by Frank Fear/ November 28, 2021/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Oral History Explores a Program and Time When Major College Football Aligned with Higher Education’s Values and Mission

And They Lived Their Lives Accordingly: A Football Story chronicles the lives and experiences–then and since–of players and coaches associated with …

by Frank Fear/ November 18, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Video/

NEWS BRIEFS: Do the Right Thing, Michigan State

We support the MSU Faculty Senate resolution passed near-unanimously on November 16, 2021, calling on MSU to restore faculty retirement benefit …

by Future U/ November 17, 2021/ MSU, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: U Michigan Flu Outbreak is Troubling

"In Ann Arbor, more than 3 in 4 of those who were positive for flu were unvaccinated, according to the …

by Future U/ November 16, 2021/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

Beyond Conventional Academic Settings, Creating New Spaces for Faculty Work

Audio and video feed of the FutureU Forum (11/12/21) with Professor Clyde W. Barrow and VP and Dean emeritus Fred …

by Future U/ November 14, 2021/ Audio, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Video/

Appreciation for a Fellow Teacher, Friend, and Mentor

Jim Osuna is an educator to whom I am both indebted to and grateful.

by Roger Barbee/ November 4, 2021/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: When a Great Public University Takes a Left Turn

The headline for this Orlando Sentinal editorial says it plainly: "A Choice for the University of Florida: Academic Freedom or …

by Future U/ November 3, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Beyond the Job Description, In Praise of Collegiality

Ohio State's Michael S. Weisbach elaborates in this essay published recently in Inside Higher Education.

by Future U/ November 2, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: Is this Nuts or What? Terminating Major College Coaching Contracts Cost Half-Billion Nationally

If this is the cost of doing business, then the business needs to change.

by Future U/ November 1, 2021/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/