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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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PERSPECTIVES: Free Speech and the Warren Court
Professor Jérôme Viala-Gaudefroy’s commentary on free speech in America was published earlier this year in The Conversation. Professor Henry Kalven’s …
June 16, 2021/
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PERSPECTIVES: 1925 Redo–Who Gets To Decide What’s Taught?
In 1925, it was whether evolution should be taught in schools. Today, it is about America’s history with respect to …
June 15, 2021/
Education, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Students to MSU’s Stanley: “Silence is Complicity”
Multiple defacements of ‘The Rock’ bring calls for the president’s response. Read this editorial from The State New. NOTE: Vice …
June 14, 2021/
MSU, Perspectives, Society/
Remembering Paul A. Miller: Leadership for the Public Good
Paul A Miller played various roles in a career that spanned over 70 years, including County Extension agent, faculty member …
June 13, 2021/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/
PERSPECTIVES: On ‘Free Speech’
Justice Hugo Black and his interpretation of ‘free speech’ as a constitutional right of expression. Read more here. “Unless there …
June 12, 2021/
Public Higher Ed/
PERSPECTIVE: How Much Has the Koch Funding Network Given to Your School?
Courtesy of UnKoch My Campus, data are cumulative for the years 2005-2019. Get your school’s data here.
June 11, 2021/
Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/
PERSPECTIVES: Irish President Says “Academic Freedom, Breadth of Teaching and Learning, Under Grave Threat from Market Forces”
President Michael D. Higgins also remarked that in the name of market forces there is an “inexorable drive towards a …
June 10, 2021/
Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Society, Video/
PERSPECTIVES: Why Critical Race Theory is Important
What Republicans need to know about critical race theory
June 9, 2021/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: Academic Repression is Goal in Michigan Legislative Proposal
FROM THE MICHIGAN ADVANCE: “Senate Bill 460, sponsored by Sen. Lana Theis (R-Brighton), would prohibit school districts from including in …
June 8, 2021/
Public Higher Ed/
PERSPECTIVES: The Uneven Landscape of America’s Public Universities
Laura Hamilton and Kelly Nielsen: “The gradual state disinvestment in higher education concentrates resources at the most advantaged universities and …
June 7, 2021/
Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: “History Shows NCAA Reforms Come Only with the Blunt End of a Gavel”
NCAA’s women’s softball tournament media deal shows just how poorly the NCAA treats women’s sports. Sally Jenkins describes why and …
June 6, 2021/
Higher Ed, Perspectives/
PERSPECTIVES: “Wealthy Donors Transform Higher Education in their Own Image”
“The denial of tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones at the University of North Carolina is not an isolated incident, but rather …
June 5, 2021/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: Donor/UVA Collaborate on $100 Million Initiative on Democracy
The Karsh Institute of Democracy will “elevate the practical understanding and promotion of democratic principles.” Institutionally, it will coordinate the …
June 4, 2021/
Public Higher Ed/
PERSPECTIVES: Academics Author/Sign ‘Statement of Concern’ About ‘Threats to American Democracy’
“It is not just our venerated institutions and norms that are at risk—it is our future national standing, strength, and …
June 3, 2021/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Population Growth in College Towns Has Implications
Sarah Vowell in the New York Times: We’re “going to need more waitresses and bike mechanics, not fewer. Where are …
June 2, 2021/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/