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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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Should College Sports Be Played This Year? A Student-Athlete’s Take
How would you feel if your season was taken away from you in a blink of an eye? Not having …
October 23, 2020/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Transitioning From Neoliberal to Necroliberal–Is Higher Education There, Too?
Professors Benjamin Balthaser and Bill V. Mullen: “Cameroonian philosopher Achille Mbembe revises Foucault’s neologism (the term, ‘biopolitical’) in his groundbreaking …
October 22, 2020/
Public Higher Ed/
NEWS BRIEFS: With COVID-19 Cases Rising, Stay-at-Home Order Issued for U of Michigan Students
“The situation locally has become critical, and this order is necessary to reverse the current increase in cases,” says Jimena …
October 21, 2020/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Faculty Leaders Say Increasing Number of Black Faculty–Important But Insufficient
From INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION: “Anthea Butler, an associate professor of religion and Africana studies at Penn, said, ‘These individual campus …
October 20, 2020/
Higher Ed, Perspectives/
NEWS BRIEFS: First-Year Enrollment Declines at Michigan Public Universities
FROM THE BRIDGE: “First-year student enrollment is down at 12 of 13 public universities that have made their fall enrollment …
October 19, 2020/
Public Higher Ed/
NEWS BRIEFS: Lawsuit Threat Motivates Public University to Reinstate Sports Teams Slated for Elimination
FROM INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION: “Lawyers representing women student-athletes (at William & Mary) threatened a class-action lawsuit if the teams weren’t …
October 18, 2020/
Public Higher Ed/
PERSPECTIVES: Sociologist Argues “Neoliberalism Has Colonized Academe”
Professor Natan Rousseau elaborates in his recently published paper, Sociological Imagination, Neoliberalism, and Higher Ed, published in Social Currents.
October 17, 2020/
Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/
NEWS BRIEFS: National Survey Reveals Campus Racism Concerning to Athletes and Coaches
“More than 6 out of 10 college athletes and three-fourths of coaches and staff believe racism is a concerning issue …
October 16, 2020/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: In Budget Crunch, U Minnesota Cuts Gymnastics, Tennis, and Indoor Track and Field
What does ‘intercollegiate athletics’ mean when the adjective is ‘intercollegiate’? At Minnesota and other schools that have cut ‘minor’ sports …
October 13, 2020/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/
PERSPECTIVES: Neoliberalism and the Increase in the Size of Higher Ed Administration
Professor Beth Baker: “It erodes the role of faculty, staff, and students in decision-making and shared governance, and does so …
October 12, 2020/
Higher Ed, Perspectives/
PERSPECTIVES: How the Neoliberal ‘Privatization of Risk’ Explains the Decision to Re-Open Campuses
Authored by MSU professor Zach Kaiser and published in LSE (London School of Economics and Political Science) blog. Read more …
PERSPECTIVES: “What I Learned From Serving on Academic Senate”
Michael Bérubé, Penn State University: “Shared governance is not merely a matter of faculty and central administration but, rather, a …
October 7, 2020/
Higher Ed, Perspectives/
PERSPECTIVES: Forum on Shared Governance and Faculty Voice
YouTube video. “History Erased” with Frank Fear. Dr. Fear is professor emeritus, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources. “Faculty Voice in …
October 6, 2020/
Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Video/
More Evidence that Revenue-Based College Sports Has Lost Its Way
The deal between the University of Colorado and online gambling company, PointsBet, represents a new low in college sports’ devolution.
October 5, 2020/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: How Higher Ed Can Tackle Systemic Racism
Valyncia C. Raphael and Zachary S. Ritter offer practical steps. From Inside Higher Education. Read more here.
October 4, 2020/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/