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WELCOME TO FUTURE U — Neoliberalism in Higher Education

Focusing on the pernicious impacts of neoliberalism on higher education and society. Follow us on Twitter @NeoliberalHE

by Future U/ April 10, 2017/ Welcome To FutureU/

NEWS BRIEFS: MSU Board Backs Engler, “Doing A Good Job Administratively”

Read more in a just-published article by The Chronicle’s Jack Stripling.

by Future U/ June 22, 2018/ MSU, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: MSU Turmoil Continues

The Chronicle’s Jack Stripling: “If Engler hopes to navigate through this crisis without losing his job, it is likely to …

by Future U/ June 21, 2018/ MSU, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: ‘Disenchanted Academe,’ A Problem?

Professor Douglas Dowland says it is. “Disenchantment, like any other low-grade toxicity, spreads and accumulates. It grips to us like …

by Future U/ June 20, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: Abuse Victims Sign Petition For Engler Resignation

“It is our position that MSU cannot move forward and become an institution of integrity and safety until John Engler …

by Future U/ June 19, 2018/ MSU, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: Suit Against Harvard Claims Admissions Discrimination Against Asian-Americans

“Admissions officers assign Asian-Americans the lowest score of any racial group on the personal rating, which includes a subjective assessment …

by Future U/ June 18, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Higher Ed Creates ‘Report Card’ To Evaluate Fraternities

“Penn St. cited research: sorority women at the school are 50% more likely than other female students to be sexually …

by Future U/ June 17, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Acceptance Letters Can Obfuscate The Real Cost Of College

One university told a student that the cost of attending the following year was $48,200, but there was good news: the …

by Future U/ June 16, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Calls Increase For MSU’s Engler To Step Aside

NEWS BRIEFS: The Left — “Enemy Of Open And Free Expression On Campuses”

“Conservatives are successfully advancing one of their longstanding goals: to turn the tables in the debate over the First Amendment …

by Future U/ June 14, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Social Media And Normalizing Campus Racism

Noelle Lilley explores the connection in The Nation. Read more here.

by Future U/ June 13, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: How An Extension Director Helped Address A University’s Undergraduate Enrollment Dip

The Chronicle’s Sarah Brown investigated the negative post-protest scenario at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She discovered Marshall Stewart’s role in helping …

by Future U/ June 12, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: MSU’s Simon To Congress, Problem Was “University Bureaucracy”

Sarah Brown reports in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Read more here.

by Future U/ June 12, 2018/ Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: What Does Michigan State Look Like To Outsiders? Here’s One Answer

“Of patronage,” write George Mason’s James Finklestein and Judith Wilde. Read more from Inside Higher Education.

by Future U/ June 12, 2018/ Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Former UPenn Trustee Calls For Widespread Reform Of University Boards

Paul S. Levy resigned his board position and is now calling for reform. Read his rationale in this essay, published …

by Future U/ June 11, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Syracuse U Engineering Fraternity Suspended For Producing Racist Video

A fraternity is in the news (again) for racist behavior. Read more from The Root.

by Future U/ June 10, 2018/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/