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PERSPECTIVES: Tenacity and Hope in the Face of Loss

"The Title IX suit settlement announced in mid-January does not guarantee the return of varsity swimming, but it does hold …

by Future U/ January 29, 2023/ MSU, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: MSU-Women Athletes Settle Lawsuit

The settlement will lead to better Title IX protections through 2030.

by Future U/ January 16, 2023/ Higher Ed, MSU, Neoliberalism, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: Engaged Students for Political Action

The Southern Poverty Law Center and Jackson State U students join forces in the historic effort to register Black Mississippians …

by Future U/ December 20, 2022/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: It’s Time to Include Students on College Boards of Trustees

UConn alumna Sena Wazer writes in The Nation about how student activists on that campus have organized to influence BOT …

by Future U/ December 12, 2022/ Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: MSU Students Push for Climate Change Action

Students for Cooperation, a Michigan State U. student organization, organized the “Climate 911 March.”

by Future U/ October 11, 2021/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Clemson Sit-In Ends, President Responds to Student Demands

Since October 21, The Students for Survivors Coalition had been participating in a campus sit-in, demanding university resources for victims …

by Future U/ November 2, 2020/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: “When Avoiding the Truth is Part of Your University’s Business Model”

Sierra Elise Hansen, columnist, Michigan Daily: “The business model the University uses is not unique from the traditional college and …

by Future U/ September 28, 2020/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Leadership Taken by UCLA’s Black Student Athlete Alliance

“If you have education without action or you have action without education, it’s not really bringing everything together,” said UCLA …

by Future U/ September 10, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Student Voice, Advocacy More Important than Ever

Zach Turner writes: “(college administrators) should give students the resources necessary to create their own independent organizations that have the …

by Future U/ September 1, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: New Book Puts Campus Protests in Perspective

“Campus Uprisings demonstrates the power and value of principled nonviolent activism to provoke change and provides thoughtful strategies to help …

by Future U/ July 19, 2020/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Ole’ Miss Removes Confederate Statues, Will Build Memorial

Marching through campus with placards, “Abandon the Plans!,” University of Mississippi students “are demanding that the project be halted after …

by Future U/ July 7, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: America’s College Athletes Are Speaking Out/Organizing for Social Justice

University of Iowa’s Kaevon Merriweather: “I would rather play in front of 1,000 fans who care about us as people outside …

by Future U/ July 2, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: MSU Students Get Active To Support “Equity Over Equality”

Lesly Morales: “They always say ‘Yeah, we’re here for you, we support you,’” Morales said, “Then there are listening circles, …

by Future U/ June 19, 2020/ Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: College Students Leading the Way … Again

“Students at Rice University and colleges across the U.S. are seeking ways to leverage the wealth and connections of their …

by Future U/ June 10, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Michigan State Students Organize for ‘Climate Change Justice’

“MSU currently spends $122.9 million in fossil fuel, mining, and related initiatives,” junior Sara Millies-Lucke said. “They’re either involved directly …

by Future U/ November 27, 2019/ MSU, News Briefs, Society/