November 2023 - Future U

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FUTUREU FORUM, VIDEO AND PODCAST: Protecting/Advancing the Liberal Arts with Professor Christopher A. Snyder

The video and audio-only versions from November 29, 2023, are available here.

by Future U/ November 27, 2023/ Audio, FutureU Forum, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Podcast, Video/

NEWS BRIEFS: Michigan State U Presidential Finalist Defers Meeting with Campus Constituents

Stratton Lee III, Black Faculty, Staff & Administrators Assoc: "We like to go firsthand, and not rely on things we …

by Future U/ November 26, 2023/ MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

FUTUREU FORUM: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, Professor Christopher A. Snyder on “The Principles of a Liberal Arts Education”

November 24, Noon, Eastern & 11 a.m. Central Time

by Future U/ November 22, 2023/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Podcast, Public Higher Ed, Video/

NEWS BRIEFS: Say What?! “DEI is a Fraud and What We’re Seeing on Campuses is Proof of That”

Brandon Williams (NY-R), "If you permit or harbor antisemitism on your campus, you are my enemy,”

by Future U/ November 15, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: WVU Faculty Group Offers Alternative Budget Management Plan, Starting Where It Should WITH ADMINISTRATIVE CUTS

"We can meet the full $45M budget gap WITHOUT having to cut the 32 majors and layoff 200-400 mostly teaching …

by Future U/ November 12, 2023/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Univ of Michigan, The Newest Storyline Associated with the Sorry State of Institutional Integrity

"The Big Ten's rules 'could not be clearer' when it comes to the commissioner's authority to act."

by Future U/ November 11, 2023/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Five Faces, Five Legacies: Impact of Faculty Position Cuts at West Virginia University

"Faculty cutbacks save the university cash, but cost the state in deeper ways."

by Future U/ November 10, 2023/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVE: Why the Humanities Are No Longer a Higher Education Centerpiece

"The humanities once mattered. Better to be the subject of political debate than to be marginalized or dismissed as irrelevant." …

by Future U/ November 8, 2023/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Same Old Tune as SUNY Potsdam Cuts Are Predominantly Humanities Programs

"SUNY Potsdam will lay off faculty in conjunction with the consolidation, but has not disclosed how many."

by Future U/ November 7, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: A Corporate-Style Approach to Selecting College/University Presidents

Two institutions–Purdue last year and Nova Southeastern this year–tabbed new presidents via a corporate-style promote-from-within approach. Proponents argue that the …

by Future U/ November 6, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Questions Raised About MSU’s Presidential Search

"MSU's presidential search has largely been done in secret: Why that matters."

by Future U/ November 5, 2023/ MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Academic Philanthropy Shouldn’t Include Pulling Strings, But Does It?

"Some megadonors are outraged over institutions’ responses to the Israel-Hamas war."

by Future U/ November 4, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The Public Values Good Teaching, Do Universities?

"Decades of research have shown that high-quality teaching is fundamental to student success."

by Future U/ November 3, 2023/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: In Battle Over DEI Cuts, Wisconsin Legislature Seeks to Withhold Already Approved Faculty Salary Increases

"Allow raises only if the state university system gives the Legislature power to approve new university positions."

by Future U/ November 2, 2023/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: U.S. Education Department Levies Historic Fine, But Was It Justified?

Aaron Ament: "Deceptive for-profit graduate programs are a large and growing part of America’s higher education crisis."

by Future U/ November 1, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/