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PERSPECTIVES: Do We Need Major College Football the Way It’s Organized Today?

No, says John Warner: “Reading an essay on “Why America Needs College Football” by two education scholars from Ohio State …

by Future U/ September 25, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Audit Finds Connections Can Trump Admissions Qualifications at U. of California

LA Times: “The University of California allowed “inappropriate factors” to influence admissions decisions, with four campuses admitting 64 students who …

by Future U/ September 25, 2020/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: County Health Officer Calls Out MSU Concerning COVID-19 Reporting

“The current situation deeply concerns me for the MSU and East Lansing communities,” Linda Vail said in a press release …

by Future U/ September 24, 2020/ MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: New Study Finds that Liberal Arts Majors Less Likely to Express Authoritarian Attitudes

The report, authored by Georgetown University’s Center for Education and the Workforce, is entitled The Role of Education in Taming …

by Future U/ September 23, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Alumni-Led #SaveACHumanities Social Media Movement Saves Humanities at Adrian College

At Adrian College, “several thousand graduates, many of them recent, waged a simple but relentless social media and direct outreach …

by Future U/ September 22, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: Beyond The Neoliberal University

Todd Wolfson and Astra Taylor: “We see an opportunity to reimagine the public university of the twenty-first century. But to …

by Future U/ September 21, 2020/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Public Well-Served By Campus Newspapers

College newspapers: “Student journalists have been kept busy breaking news of campus outbreaks, pushing for transparency from administrators, and publishing …

by Future U/ September 20, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Michigan State U Upgrades its COVID-19 Dashboard, But More Improvement is Needed

MSU Professor Sarah Reckhow writes: “MSU is not testing enough–our positivity rate is around 15%, and the university dashboard is …

by Future U/ September 19, 2020/ MSU, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Wagner College President Says “Higher Ed Has a Civic Imperative”

RICHARD GUARASCI: “The renewal of higher learning must begin with the reestablishment of its civic mission—a mission not limited to …

by Future U/ September 18, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

“The Enablers,” Institutional Actors in Sexual Assaults (podcast available)

Featuring Amos Guiora and Elizabeth Abdnour. ************************ For years, storylines about sexual assaults have focused on perpetrators and victims/survivors–and for …

by Future U/ September 17, 2020/

The Super Spreader Called ‘Attending a College Football Game’

College sports fans are putting themselves in harm’s way, and institutional leaders are enablers.

by Roger Barbee/ September 17, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Protests Continue at University of Michigan

“Anger from faculty members, staff, and students toward the Michigan administration had been brewing for months, but in early September, …

by Future U/ September 16, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Organizing Effort Targets More Coronavirus Testing, Increased Transparancy at Michigan State U.

Professor Sarah Reckhow: “MSU must immediately develop an effective, large-sample, and mandatory off-campus COVID-19 testing program for students, and MSU …

by Future U/ September 14, 2020/ MSU, Perspectives, Society/