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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: Will MSU Endorse a Socially Responsible Endowment Investment Policy?
The resolution, affirmed by 84% of members, will be passed on to MSU's Board of Trustees.
February 4, 2023/
MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/
NEWS BRIEFS: Florida Community College Presidents Capitulate to DeSantis
"Will not fund or support any institutional practice, policy, or academic requirement that compels belief in CRT or related concepts.”
February 3, 2023/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Is DeSantis Winning the Culture War Battle With Public Higher Education?
"My guess is, this is going to end up as a historic victory for those pushing back against woke."
February 2, 2023/
Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: DeSantis, “Colleges and Universities (are) Advancing Programs Based on Liberal Politics and Requiring Staff, Students and Initiatives to Meet an ‘Ideological Litmus Test’”
“Academia, writ large, across the country has really lost its way.”
February 1, 2023/
Neoliberalism, Public Higher Ed, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: R. Barbara Gitenstein, “Promising Honorifics in a President’s Employment Contract (rather than in an exit agreement), Doesn’t Represent Best Practice”
Benefits often do not align with "the upheaval they (former university presidents/chancellors) leave behind."
January 31, 2023/
Higher Ed, Perspectives/
NEWS BRIEFS: More Professional Schools Drop Out of U.S. and News Report Collegiate Rankings
"The rankings measure more about the students who enter the school than about (those) who graduate or about the substance/ …
January 30, 2023/
Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/
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 …
January 29, 2023/
MSU, Perspectives/
PERSPECTIVES: When an Industry Compresses
Multiple factors are contributing to collegiate enrollment declines nationally.
January 28, 2023/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: Michigan’s Public College Enrollment is Declining
"As many as 10,000 fewer high school graduates chose college last fall."
January 27, 2023/
Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: Legislative Incursion in North Dakota Public Higher Education
"It makes tenured professors accountable, just like anyone else. You take the private sector—you’re accountable to a boss.”
January 26, 2023/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/
PERSPECTIVES: DeSantis-Led Initiatives Are Changing the Landscape of Florida’s Public Higher Ed
"DeSantis administration has implemented a barrage of changes regarding how universities and community colleges function."
January 25, 2023/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/
PERSPECTIVES: “(In) Beautifully Wrapped Verbiage Lurks a Poison Pill”
WVU faculty member: It's "a new mechanism to terminate any faculty, whether tenured or not."
January 24, 2023/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/
NEWS BRIEFS: State of Florida Rejects African American History Course, Says It “Lacks Educational Value”
"The African American history course was to be a part of the College Board's slate of advanced placement courses in …
January 23, 2023/
Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: Issues with “Problem Colleges” Persist
"Previous administration ignored their responsibility to hold colleges accountable for misrepresentation to the public."
January 22, 2023/
Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs/
NEWS BRIEFS: Using a Crisis to Justify a Decision Already Made?
"MSU was set to cut the team (the women's and men's swimming and diving teams) as early as the fall …
January 21, 2023/
MSU, News Briefs/