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Monthly Archive: September 2025

PERSPECTIVES: On UCLA’s Mike Rose, “Once You Encountered It (his work), It is Impossible to Shake Its Influence”

"Here, take it (one of Rose's books). Read it. You'll find great value in it."

by Future U/ August 16, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: “A Campus Culture Committed to Discourse, Argument, and Lack of Deference”

"If you can’t speak freely, you’ll quickly lose the ability to think clearly."

by Future U/ August 15, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: When “The Politics of the Thing” Reigns Supreme

PSU's response protocols to COVID-19 are designed to "achieve health and safety...with as little polarization as possible."

by Future U/ August 14, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: U Nebraska Regents to Vote Friday on Resolution to Ban Critical Race Theory

U Nebraska Regents in the national spotlight.

by Future U/ August 13, 2021/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Colleges/Universities at High Risk Without Vaccine/Mask Mandate

"Amid a surge in coronavirus cases fueled by the spread of the highly transmissible Delta variant, faculty and staff are …

by Future U/ August 12, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Davidson College to Offer Course on Impact of Police on Black, Brown, and Indigenous People

"The course will critically examine issues of race, criminalization, incarceration, police militarization, predictive policing, surveillance, and domestic security.”

by Future U/ August 11, 2021/ Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Over 40% of America’s College Faculty are Part-Time Contingent Faculty … They are Earning Near Poverty-Level Salaries

Faculty members so classified outnumber tenured and tenure-track faculty combined (total=37%).

by Future U/ August 10, 2021/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Impact of Engaged Scholarship is Focus of New Book on Industrial Agriculture

"We profile eight scholars who were both researchers and activists and who saw the two as inseparable."

by Future U/ August 9, 2021/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Remembering Tom Edens

Friend and colleague Thomas Charles Edens, Michigan State University professor, left this world on March 15, 2020. Because of the …

by Frank Fear/ August 8, 2021/ Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Questionable Master’s Programs Indicative of Neoliberalism’s Hold on Higher Ed

The Chronicle of Higher Education: “The question is how long the proliferation of questionable master’s programs is going to last, …

by Future U/ August 7, 2021/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Cut College Sports Teams? Adding Teams (N=12) is Plan at Hobart and William Smith

In a press release, President Joyce P. Jacobsen said: “We are doubling down on our commitment to athletics and the experiences …

by Future U/ August 6, 2021/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: Shared Governance Under More Stress During COVID Era

AAUP REPORT: “We found no evidence that AAUP-supported policies failed in any of the cases under investigation. Indeed, at most …

by Future U/ August 5, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: More Michigan Universities Add Campus Restrictions in Face of Delta Variant

Wayne State and Central Michigan are the most recent schools to take precautionary action. Read more from The Bridge.

by Future U/ August 4, 2021/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: Time Out! Why Aren’t Fall Athletic Events Included in Campus Vaccination/Mask Mandates?

It’s a big question, too. Here’s what Dr. Michael Saag, a University of Alabama, Birmingham infectious disease expert had to …

by Future U/ August 3, 2021/ MSU, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: When Partisan Attacks Threaten Democracy

Ohio State’s Harvey J. Graff in Inside Higher Education: “A firm grounding in an accurate and complete American history is …

by Future U/ August 2, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/