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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: Making a Case for ‘Critical Feeling’

Michael Roth is president of Wesleyan University: “In a political and cultural context that encourages crude parochialism under the guise …

by Future U/ March 17, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Sports Illustrated Lays Bare Institutional Failures in College Sports

“College sports have been a hypocritical enterprise for a long time; any sober assessment of the last half-century reached that …

by Future U/ December 31, 2020/ Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: College Student Debt Forgiveness Should Help the Neediest First

An editorial position by the LA Times Editorial Board. But “ultimately, the answer lies in preventing crushing debt in the …

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

PERSPECTIVES: Why the High Cost of Public Higher Education?

Professor Beth Mintz, University of Vermont, answers. Text and video follow. Text Video

by Future U/ December 18, 2020/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Video/

Available in Audio and Video Formats: FutureU’s Forum on Neoliberalism in Higher Education

What began with economic liberalism—rooted in Adam Smith’s 18th Century classic book, The Wealth of Nations—has evolved and morphed well …

by Frank Fear/ December 15, 2020/ Audio, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Video/

PERSPECTIVES: Many Colleges and Universities, Not Just Students, Are Debt-Laden

Eleni Schirmer writing in THE NATION: “Just as decreased state funding has caused students to go into debt to cover …

by Future U/ November 16, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: U California May Face $67 Million Payout for Gynecologist’s Sexual Abuse

FROM THE LA TIMES: “Dr. James Heap (UCLA) faces 20 felony counts and is charged with sex crimes spanning a …

by Future U/ November 15, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Collegiate Black Workers are Vulnerable, But They are Often Left Out of Conversations about Racial Justice”

“If you look and see who’s treated badly and who’s treated well, you don’t have to look that hard,” said …

by Future U/ November 9, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: At Southern Cal, “Two Determined Women Spoke Out” and “Ugly Attacks over Racism, Anti-Semitism, Zionism Took Over”

From the LA Times: “Inside USC and beyond, their conflict grew into a fierce debate between free speech and hate …

by Future U/ October 24, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

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