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PERSPECTIVES: Philosopher says, “Humanists Do Not Know the Value of the Thing They are Trying to Defend”

Professor Callard: "We (humanists) Are irresistable" if "we allow our humanistic spirit to flow."

by Future U/ February 29, 2024/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: On the Cornerstone Values of Higher Education

From Inside Higher Education: "Now more than ever, we need to affirm what a university stands for, Dan Edelstein writes."

by Future U/ February 28, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Battle to Control Higher Education Nothing New, AAUP President Says

Mulvey: "Egregious violations of academic freedom are a call to action for faculty and enlightened administrators."

by Future U/ February 27, 2024/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Is IU Turmoil About Free Speech And/Or “Something Else?”

Prof Micol Siegel said "events of recent months are pieces of a more significant issue, expressing a general pessimism in …

by Future U/ February 26, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Couldn’t Do It In Her Campus Job, So She Resigned

President Richardson: “It's challenging to speak in one’s personal voice /when/ the role is to speak on behalf of the …

by Future U/ February 25, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: Alabama Senate Approves Bill Banning Public Funding of DEI Programs, Birmingham Mayor Speaks Out Against the Move

Birmingham AL mayor: "Select colleges in states where diversity and inclusion are prioritized."

by Future U/ February 24, 2024/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Troubling Findings From New Study on Employment Standing of College Graduates

FROM INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION: “52% of college graduates are underemployed a year after graduation, according to a new report issued …

by Future U/ February 23, 2024/ News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Conservative Lawmakers At It Again, This Time Targeting “Intellectual Diversity” as a Public Collegiate Goal

In Indiana, Senate Bill 202 would “demand attention to “intellectual diversity” in promotion and tenure decision processes, and it would …

by Future U/ February 22, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: New Study Reveals Some College Grads Don’t Earn More than HS Grad Counterparts

FROM CBS NEWS: “To be sure, colleges are producing graduates who outearn people with only high school degrees, and economic …

by Future U/ February 21, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Gifts to Higher Education Exceeded $58 Billion in 2023

From The CASE Insights on Voluntary Support of Education survey: “Giving to U.S. higher education institutions was $58 billion in …

by Future U/ February 20, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Marietta College Joins Faculty Position Cut List

On the heels of last year’s decision to cut ten low-enrollment academic programs, the college has now announced that it …

by Future U/ February 19, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: New Book Chronicles History of Conservative Backlash Against Higher Education

Resistance from the Right: Conservatives and the Campus Wars in Modern America (University of North Carolina Press, 2023), authored by …

by Future U/ February 18, 2024/ Book Review, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: U of Florida Faculty/Students Have Diverse Opinions About Legislative Action on Public Higher Education

William Maione, UF political science senior: “People should be free to explore a lot of different ideas."

by Future U/ February 17, 2024/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: AAUP Report Documents Political Assault on Florida Public Higher Education

American Association of University Professors: “Among the report’s key conclusions are that the unprecedented takeover of New College of Florida and …

by Future U/ February 13, 2024/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: English Departments on the Brink?

In The New York Review, Pace’s Sarah Blackwood describes a Draconian situation, growth with compression and the fight to survive. …

by Future U/ February 12, 2024/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/