issues in higher education Archives - Page 26 of 28

NEWS BRIEFS: Oxford Isn’t Just An Elite University — It’s For The Elite

Admissions data reveal that Oxford will stay that way, too. Read more from The New York Times.

by Future U/ May 24, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

The rate is now about 5x higher than it was just a decade ago. Read more from The Wall Street …

by Future U/ May 22, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

Harold O. Levy, president of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, is a son of a hardware store owner and a Cornell …

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

As America’s colleges and universities turn increasingly to adjuncts, many adjuncts aren’t able to earn a living wage. Feature story …

by Future U/ April 6, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

USC’s Dr. Shaun R. Harper says he’s surprised by “the durability of the inequity, given all of the rhetoric of the …

by Future U/ March 17, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Here are the results of a study conducted under the auspices of the TIAA Institute. Faculty Job Satisfaction_March 2018

by Future U/ March 14, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

WaPo: “A survey released last week by the Chronicle of Higher Education found 52% of private colleges and 44% of public colleges …

by Future U/ March 4, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

Christian Smith offers a snippet of why he’s upset with higher ed. Read him at Right-Mind. (The original/full essay is …

by Future U/ January 22, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

LSU’s president said: “We’re here to give you everything you need. . . . I don’t want you to leave the campus …

by Future U/ December 17, 2017/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Article from The Chronicle of Higher Education made available via Optimal Partners.

by Future U/ December 13, 2017/ News Briefs, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

Read an essay from The Atlantic, “The World Might Be Better Off Without College for Everyone,” adapted from Bryan Caplan’s book, The Case …

by Future U/ December 12, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

The Board of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) recently issued a statement on shared governance. That …

by Future U/ November 30, 2017/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

Roman Catholic-affiliated schools are especially hit hard. Read more from Inside Higher Education.

by Future U/ November 12, 2017/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

Frank Fear: ” Universities do good things with endowment income, but the public needs to know more about how their donations …

by Future U/ November 11, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

“It’s not hard to understand why American adjuncts today would feel frustrated with their lot.” Read more in this feature essay …

by Future U/ October 12, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/