August 2021 - Future U

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PERSPECTIVES: In a “New Normal,” Conventions from the “Old Normal” Just Won’t Do

A "new normal" is here.

by Future U/ August 31, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: With Grading These Days We “Perpetuate the Notion that Exceptional is Average and the Majority is Unique”

Nearly 50% of students graduate from high school with grades ranging from A- to A+.

by Future U/ August 30, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: History Reframed

Former President Carter's "An Hour Before Daylight" (2001) compels a response.

by Roger Barbee/ August 29, 2021/ Education, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: State Funding Pattern for U.S. Doctoral/Research Universities, 2002-19 … Down

Negative numbers for all13 Big Ten public universities--from <1% at Rutgers to Michigan State's -12.6%

by Future U/ August 28, 2021/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

Notes on the Assault of Critical Race Theory

Presented at America’s Struggle with Truth-Telling and Critical Race Theory (7-21-21).

by Ruben Martinez/ August 27, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: In “The Quantified Scholar,” Professor Pardo-Guerra Reveals How Metrics Influence Scholarship

"Slowly but surely, quantification systems reshaped academic departments, the interests of scholars, the organization of disciplines, and the employment conditions …

by Future U/ August 26, 2021/ Books, Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Infrastructure Spending, Administrative Bloat is Higher Education Storyline

Putting the cart before the horse is a higher ed storyline.

by Future U/ August 25, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

Education Is Compromised When Politicians Get Into the Act

North Carolina’s F.A.C.T. (The Fairness and Accountability in the Classroom for Teachers and Students) is an example. It is about …

by Roger Barbee/ August 24, 2021/ Education, Society/

NEWS REPORTS: New Report Identifies College Spending as Prime Reason for Inflated College Costs

"The relentless increase in institutional spending contributes little to student success but contributes significantly to student debt."

by Future U/ August 23, 2021/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

Netflix’s “The Chair” — Stick With It Until the End

Being an academic is not just something one does. It is very much who one is.

by Frank Fear/ August 22, 2021/ Film review, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: ‘Abolitionist’ Scholarship/Practice Applied to Higher Education

"We negotiate two paths at once--reckoning with universities’ complicity while creating an alternative."

by Future U/ August 21, 2021/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Should Harvard, Yale Denounce Alumnus DeSantis?

Yes, says Yale alum, Daniel Alter.

by Future U/ August 20, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Rebecca Gordon’s Take on the Neoliberalization of Higher Ed

Gordon 'counts the ways' in her essay, published in Informed Consent.

by Future U/ August 19, 2021/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Politics and Education

Do elected officials really think they can bury and erase this country’s racist histories with policies and lies?

by Ruben Martinez/ August 18, 2021/ Education, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Felber Case at Ole’ Miss Stimulates This Response: “We Have Met the Enemy and It is Us”

"If we won't stand up for academic freedom, no one will."

by Future U/ August 17, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/