future of higher education Archives

future of higher education Archive

COMMENTARY: J.W. Traphagan, “Why I Retired from a Tenured Professorship”

Ending the neoliberal dismantling of higher education is possible. But for that to happen, academic leaders must be willing to …

by Future U/ May 3, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Michael Horn on Four Trends in Higher Education 2024

Michael Horn: "Expect more colleges to merge or close."

by Future U/ January 1, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Is the Pandemic Shrinking ‘The Scholar Class?”

Megan Zahneis, writing in The Chronicle of Higher Education: “Frozen admissions, curtailed graduate cohorts, and stalled-out research could severely squeeze …

by Future U/ March 23, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Is Steven Brint Giddy About Higher Education?

In Two Cheers for Higher Education, Brint offers a balanced view of the enterprise. Read Steven Mintz’s review in Inside Higher …

by Future U/ February 16, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Where Does Higher Education Need To Go?

Jeff Selingo and colleagues have written a new report entitled, The Future(s) of Higher Education. In it, they identify five models …

by Future U/ October 29, 2018/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: SOS For The Humanities?

Penn State’s Eric Hayor thinks so. Read why in The Chronicle of High Education.

by Future U/ July 3, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: What Does Higher Ed’s Future Look Like? This Futurist Says ‘Bleak’

Read Bryan Alexander’s take in a recent article published in The Atlantic.

by Future U/ June 30, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Higher Ed Branding On Steroids–Franchising Elite Schools

Dartmouth at Pebble Beach. Berkeley at Hyannisport. Could it happen? Jay Mathews speculates in The Washington Post.

by Future U/ January 9, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Harry Boyte On Land Grants And The Future of Democracy

It’s Boyte’s Founders Day speech, Oregon State University, September 18, 2017.

by Future U/ September 22, 2017/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/