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NEWS BRIEFS: What’s the Appropriate Balance Between Provost Oversight and Professorial Discretion?

"Students were asked to report to the provost those professors who acted without empathy."
by Future U/ June 23, 2023/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: Recomposition of the Faculty is an Anti-Tenure Move

"Administrators effectively eliminate tenure (when they) build faculties in which contingent positions are the majority,"
by Future U/ June 16, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: “Do You Have a Hill on Which You are Willing to Die? If so, Will You Show Up When the Time Comes?”

"The hills on which leaders were once willing to die are less defended now, and that is a serious problem." …
by Future U/ June 14, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: A Sign of Our Times — A University Litigates Against Its Own

“It’s time for the administration to get serious and give graduate workers an offer that meets our needs,”
by Future U/ June 11, 2023/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: As State Governor Criticizes DEI, These Public University Presidents Push Forward

"These two presidents defend their commitment to creating more diverse, equitable and inclusive campuses."
by Future U/ June 10, 2023/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Doing More With Less? How About Doing Less?

“'Fewer, Less, and No' can be powerful words for change—if we allow them to be."
by Future U/ May 24, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Huggins Circumstance “Stark Window Into the Power Dynamics” in Major College Athletics

"Firing coaches can be futile without addressing deeper cultural problems."
by Future U/ May 17, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: College Sports Gambling Woes, A Matter of When Not Whether

"This is probably just the tip of the iceberg,” says Keith Whyte, executive director of the National Council on Problem …
by Future U/ May 10, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: So Mr. Brown Says, “DEI is Dead” ….

The confusing and problematic message makes sense. (Spoiler alert: Consider the messenger.)
by Roger Barbee/ April 29, 2023/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Amid Grad Instructors’ Strike, University of Michigan’s Administration Wants Surrogates To Submit Spring Semester Grades

“Bypassing faculty-of-record and hiring third-party graders is infringing on faculty freedom.”
by Future U/ April 26, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Teaching/

NEWS BRIEFS: Cornell University Says No To “Trigger Warnings”

Cornell's president & provost: "We cannot accept this resolution, the actions are at odds with the goals of a Cornell …
by Future U/ April 25, 2023/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Judge Declines Back-to-Work Order for UM Grad Students

"Washtenaw County Judge Carol Kuhnke declined to issue a temporary restraining order or a preliminary injunction."
by Future U/ April 11, 2023/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Teaching/

Point/Counterpoint: Firearms and University Endowment Investments

"ReclaimMSU would like to see MSU publicly commit to not make any direct/indirect investments in the firearms industry."
by Future U/ April 7, 2023/ Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Petition Opposing Caesars-MSU Deal Gains Traction

Read the preamble and sign the petition here.
by Future U/ April 5, 2023/ MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: A Reporter’s Question Was Met With Silence … 40 Times Over

In Florida, "public college presidents are in a no-win scenario: silence equals compliance, speaking out carries risk."
by Future U/ April 1, 2023/ Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed/
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