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Monthly Archive: January 2023

PERSPECTIVES: Making the Case for Politically Engaged Scholarship

Politically engaged scholarship is the "preeminent scholarly approach to confronting neoliberalism and its excesses." 
by Future U/ June 30, 2022/ Book Review, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: What Faculty Can Do If They are Targeted from the Right

Here is what faculty can do if they are targeted.
by Future U/ June 26, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Lions and Tigers and CRT, Oh My!

Suppression continues unabated from the Right.
by Future U/ June 25, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Koch Network Focuses on Higher Ed, But Connects to a Much Larger Agenda

An integrated approach is formidable.
by Future U/ June 24, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Detroit Free Press Sues MSU Over Release of Donor Agreement

Two megadonors have supported the MSU athletic department, including contributing to the salary of head football coach Mel Tucker. The …
by Future U/ June 22, 2022/ MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Questions Raised about Stanford’s New School of Sustainability

Stanford's Celina Scott-Buechler and Ada Statler raise red flags about the new initiative.
by Future U/ June 21, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: MSU AD Haller Wants Michigan Law Changed to Enable Alcohol Sales at Spartan Stadium

Athletic Alan Haller has already signed a contract with Three Olive Vodka, naming it “The Official Vodka of Spartan Athletics.” …
by Future U/ June 20, 2022/ MSU, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: Three MSU Students Charged in Hazing-Related Death

Phat Nguyen was found dead in the basement of the Pi Alpha Phi fraternity house.
by Future U/ June 14, 2022/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: GVSU’s Scholarship Offers to 8th Graders Said to Be “Among First in the Nation”

Scholarships offered to all 8th Grade graduates of Detroit Achievement Academy. Three more schools to follow.
by Future U/ June 11, 2022/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Biden’s Student Debt Reduction Plan Expected Later this Summer

"Biden is considering forgiving around $10k in student debt per borrower for all borrowers earning less than $150k a year."
by Future U/ June 8, 2022/ Public Higher Ed/

USA Today Investigation: Title IX, Some Schools are “Rigging the Numbers”

"Despite tremendous gains during the past five decades, many colleges and universities fall short, leaving women struggling for equal footing.."
by Future U/ June 7, 2022/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: In Academe as in Broader Society “The Currency is Attention”

"Higher education is being gamed by its business model."
by Future U/ June 6, 2022/ Audio, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: At University of Kansas, It’s Not Whether to Cut Academic Programs, But How Many Will Be Cut

KU faculty want to save 14 of the 42 proposed program cuts.
by Future U/ June 4, 2022/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: One Way Right-Wing Money is Infiltrating Higher Education

"They do not support education as an end in itself, but as a means to an end that they should …
by Future U/ June 2, 2022/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Numbers Show How Michigan Universities Handled Vaccine Mandates

MSU + UM: 500+ employees were terminated/2500+ students were suspended or placed on academic hold.
by Future U/ June 1, 2022/ Higher Ed, MSU, Public Higher Ed, Society/

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