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Monthly Archive: May 2025

Mother Got My Attention By Saying “Shame on You!”

There’s no place for racist language, especially when it’s uttered by a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Shame …
by Roger Barbee/ October 31, 2020/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Michigan State Eliminates Swimming and Diving, Activists Organize to Respond

FROM THE LANSING STATE JOURNAL: “In the week since the announcement …. a movement has started. It began with an …
by Future U/ October 30, 2020/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: Why are Black Employees Sharply Underrepresented in Higher Ed’s Top Ranks?

FROM ‘INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION’: Fewer than 8% of administrators are Black or African American, while more than 80% are white. …
by Future U/ October 29, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: VMI Superintendent Resigns, Result of Longstanding Allegations of Campus Racism

“In 2005, the school was forced to investigate cadets who dressed up in costumes parodying Nazis, Africans, and gay people. …
by Future U/ October 28, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Davidson College Alumni Organize in Response to Fellow Alum’s Racist Tweet

FROM THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER: On Twitter, U.S. Rep. Greg Murphy, a Davidson alum, said this about Kamala Harris’ race and …
by Future U/ October 27, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Statewide University Board Elections Victim of “Hyper-Partisan Politics”

It’s time to rethink the wisdom of having to get party approval for candidates to appear on statewide ballots. Read …
by Future U/ October 26, 2020/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: When a College Fight Song is Steeped in Racism

Christine Brennen writing in USA Today: “Tradition is lovely until we realize it’s racist or sexist or just plain awful. …
by Future U/ October 25, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: At Southern Cal, “Two Determined Women Spoke Out” and “Ugly Attacks over Racism, Anti-Semitism, Zionism Took Over”

From the LA Times: “Inside USC and beyond, their conflict grew into a fierce debate between free speech and hate …
by Future U/ October 24, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

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 …
by Anna Newman/ 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 …
by Future U/ 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 …
by Future U/ 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 …
by Future U/ 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 …
by Future U/ 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 …
by Future U/ October 18, 2020/ Public Higher Ed/

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 …
by Future U/ October 16, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/
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