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NEWS BRIEFS: With WPI’s Promotion Protocol, Other Universities Have a Chance to “Get It Right’

Laurie Leshin, Worcester Polytechnic Institute president, said that the new promotion and tenure criteria “bring our reward system much more …

by Future U/ May 14, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: Many College Students Are Food Insecure, But There’s Debate About Just How Many

More research is needed before it’s possible to be confident about the numbers. Read why at Inside Higher Education.

by Future U/ May 3, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: How Do You Run Higher Ed ‘On the Cheap’?

The average part-time faculty member earns about $20k annually. And, for many, ‘part-time’ is a full-time job. Read more in …

by Future U/ April 29, 2019/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Society/

PERSPECTIVE: Journalist Analyzes Two New Books–One Written by a President Emeritus, the Other About Adjuncts In Higher Ed

“Childress (writing about adjunct status) realizes that…the horizon was illusory by design, moving according to someone else’s whims, continually drifting …

by Future U/ April 12, 2019/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Plight of Adjuncts Personalized In Thea Hunter’s Story

“If adjuncts were birds, they would be fighting the drag of the air, exerting bursts of energy again and again …

by Future U/ April 9, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: So What’s Happening to the Parents Embroiled in Admissions-Gate?

Some will try to cut deals. Others will fight charges. Here’s the skinny from The Los Angeles Times.

by Future U/ April 6, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: College Admissions System Isn’t Broken, It’s Fixed

“Our research shows that 25 percent of all students attending colleges in the two highest tiers of selectivity (about 200 …

by Future U/ March 24, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Nontraditional Colleges Under Pressure

Hampshire, Goddard, Green Mountain, and other alternative colleges are struggling, and some (e.g., Green Mountain) have announced they will close their …

by Future U/ March 7, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/