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Since the 1980s, higher education–along with all other institutions–has felt the impact of a phenomenon known broadly as neoliberalism.
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NEWS BRIEFS: University Leaders Step Up Organizing Efforts to Confront Trump Administration
“This administration is ready to exact retribution. I asked people to sign, and many said, ‘I can’t. I’m afraid.’”
April 28, 2025/
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NEWS BRIEFS: AAUP’s Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom Virtual Forum, Tu, May 13, 6 PM: “The Antidemocratic Attack on Scholars and Why It Matters”
Prof Isaac Kamola, Trinity College (CT), directs AAUP’s Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom
April 27, 2025/
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NEWS BRIEFS: U Michigan Faculty Support Big Ten Mutual Defense Fund
Michigan joins Rutgers (first school), Indiana, Michigan St. Ohio State, and Nebraska-Lincoln, with votes on tap at USC and UCLA.
April 26, 2025/
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COMMENTARY by William E. Connolly: Neoliberal Fascism On Display in America Today
"The urgent task today is to expose this nexus and its plan at every turn."
April 25, 2025/
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PERSPECTIVES: Majority of Political Scientists Surveyed Believe U.S. is Sliding From a Liberal Democracy to Authoritarianism
Steven Levitsky, government prof, Harvard Univ: "It is certainly reversible, but we are no longer living in a liberal democracy."
April 24, 2025/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Higher Education Legitimizes and then Normalizes State Control When It Complies with Authoritarian Dictates
"While some believe that compliance will protect funding and independence, historical parallels suggest otherwise."
April 23, 2025/
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PERSPECTIVES: American Association of Colleges and Universities Statement: Bold Enough? Signed By Enough?
More is required.
April 22, 2025/
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PERSPECTIVES: Surprised? Shouldn’t Be. Trump Administration Moves Against Higher Education Are Familiar
"Michigan State Prof Brendan Cantwell said the influence of Project 2025 and the other outlines is undeniable."
April 21, 2025/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
COMMENTARY: “Trump Administration is Trafficking a Grand (and False) Narrative About American Intellectuals”
"If present history is to change, then the stories have to change."
April 20, 2025/
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PERSPECTIVES: “Trump Administration is Trying to Police the Thoughts and Beliefs of America’s Major Institutions”
Trump's gameplan: "Control what colleges can teach, what news outlets report, and what ideas are allowed to be discussed."
April 19, 2025/
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PERSPECTIVES: Trump’s War on Higher Education “Threatens the Long-Standing Partnership Between Federal Government and Higher Education”
"(funding) cuts don’t follow typical investigative process, and sometimes lack clear explanations and legal justifications."
April 18, 2025/
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NEWS BRIEFS PLUS VIDEO: Faculty Activism, “The Big 10 Alliance,” in the Fight Against Trump
"Whether MSU’s administrative leadership will heed the faculty senate’s calls remains to be seen."
April 17, 2025/
MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Video/
NEWS BRIEFS: Panel of Experts? Focus on Antisemitism? No Chance with Trump’s Antisemitism Task Force, It’s a Tool in Trump’s War on Higher Ed
"The task force doesn’t plan to take its foot off the gas any time soon, recent public statements suggest."
April 16, 2025/
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VIDEO: Harvard Says No to Trump, “Unquestionable Violation of First Amendment Rights”
"This is what authoritarianism looks like."
April 15, 2025/
Fascist Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society, Video/
COMMENTARY: “Higher Education is Under Direct and Sustained Attack”
"Let the record show that we rose to the challenge and did so in ways that did not betray its …
April 13, 2025/
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