PERSPECTIVES: Combatting Neoliberalism In The Age Of Trump

Read Naomi Klein’s powerful essay, published this week in The Nation.

by Future U/ June 15, 2017/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: When Free Speech And Chalk Talk Collide

At Kutztown University (PA) a chapter of “Students for Life of America” complained after chalk messages (“Stop abortion” and “Life …

by Future U/ June 14, 2017/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Lori Brown, Eastern Michigan University, offers a sobering and evocative perspective on life in today’s Academy. Deacon Blues pdf

by Future U/ June 14, 2017/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

One way to spend that money: provide more financial assistant to low-income students. Read this analysis from The Hechinger Report.

by Future U/ June 13, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

The most telling thing about this editorial opinion is that there’s only one public comment — and it tells the …

by Future U/ June 13, 2017/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Results of a controversial test reveals spotty results, including a downtrend in students’ skills–from entry to graduation–at some schools. Read …

by Future U/ June 12, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Essay written by Laurie L. Patton, president, Middlebury College. It’s from The Wall Stree Journal.

by Future U/ June 10, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Case in point is Harvard University. Read about it in this feature article from The Nation.

by Future U/ June 9, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Thankfully, the “higher ed task force” proposed by DJT and slated to be chaired by Jerry Falwell, Jr. won’t happen. …

by Future U/ June 8, 2017/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

California is the example explored in this feature article published in Truthout. Read more here.

by Future U/ June 7, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

It’s from an interview published in The Nation.

by Future U/ June 6, 2017/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

But there is some good news in a report released by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Read more …

by Future U/ June 5, 2017/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

Despite fanfare, Tax-Free NY has had spotty results. Read more in this article by SUNY-Albany prof. emeritus, Lawrence Wittner.

by Future U/ June 4, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

“Higher ed as a public good is being supplanted by a market-based ideology that views education as a commodity.” WaPo article includes the …

by Future U/ June 3, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

University presidents aren’t monarchs. Read this thoughtful essay written by Jack Stripling. It’s from The Chronicle of Higher Education.

by Future U/ June 2, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/