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NEWS BRIEFS: Food Insecurity Impedes Many College Students from Graduating

Study finds that food insecure individuals were 43 percent less likely to graduate.

by Future U/ September 12, 2021/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Neoliberal Capitalism Has Infiltrated and Changed Our Institutions, Including Higher Ed

Ira Harkavy and Rita A. Hodges: “Neoliberalism valorizes education for profit, not virtue; students as consumers, not producers of knowledge; academics as …

by Future U/ September 11, 2021/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Why It’s Important for University Dashboards to be on Public Display

If your university doesn't have a public dashboard, urge the administration to embrace transparency.

by Future U/ September 10, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Clickbaiting” Diversity in Today’s Higher Education

"Is there a way out of the lived paradox of being /used/ to refurbish and rearticulate neo/liberal arrangements that govern and extract …

by Future U/ September 9, 2021/ Education, Neoliberalism, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Politics by Degree … or Lack Thereof

"College graduates are now a firmly Democratic bloc, and they are shaping the party’s future. Those without degrees, by contrast, …

by Future U/ September 8, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: 600+ Colleges Nationwide Have a Vaccination Mandate in Place, In Michigan the Number is N=6

Even with the mandate, it's not a foolproof measure. To accommodate, students and faculty are making adjustments/taking precautions.

by Future U/ September 7, 2021/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Previously Denied Compensation for Playing, College Athletes are Cashing In

Incoming Ohio State freshman--situated 4th string on the depth chart--signed three deals worth an estimated $1.5 million.

by Future U/ September 6, 2021/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: Twenty States Sue U.S. Dept. of Ed, Seek to Overturn Interpretation that Gay and Transgender People are Protected Under Fed Law Banning Sex-Based Discrimination in Schools

"Led by TN, the states argue that the department's interpretation of Title IX runs afoul of federal law, regulatory processes, …

by Future U/ September 5, 2021/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: College Football Season Is Here. So Is The Wall Street Journal’s “Grid of Shame”

The 2021 version was released on Friday, and here is the conference by conference breakdown.

by Frank Fear/ September 4, 2021/ Public Higher Ed/

FORUM: “The Entrepreneurial Intellectual in the Corporate University” with Professor Clyde W. Barrow

Friday, November 12, 2021, 1:30-3p. Eastern time. See below for participation options.

by Future U/ September 3, 2021/

“Politically Engaged Scholars: Focus on Industrial-Scale Agriculture in California” with Daniel J. O’Connell & Scott J. Peters

In their new book, In the Struggle: Scholars and the Fight Against Industrial Agriculture in California (New Village Press, July …