NEWS BRIEFS: SCOTUS Ruling on Chevron Doctrine Could Impact Higher Education
"Courts will exercise independent judgment in deciding whether an agency has acted within its statutory authority,"
Monthly Archive: October 2024
PERSPECTIVES: Campus Protest Backlash Begs a Question: What Would You Do?
"Open/free exchange is stifled when free speech is censored and academic freedom is curtailed through political interference."
PERSPECTIVES: Efforts to Silence Voices Are Nothing New, But Recent Attempts in Higher Ed are Troubling
"It was only a matter of time until managers came for faculty, as shared governance has become more myth than …
June 28, 2024/
Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/
PERSPECTIVES: Faculty Criticisms Aired in Public, Limits of Faculty Speech?
"Do we allow faculty to invite external interference and encourage student misconduct without consequence?"
June 27, 2024/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: “Protecting the Freedom to Teach and Do Research”
There is a difference between political rhetoric and legitimate academic judgment.
June 26, 2024/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: “Academic Freedom (can turn) into a Tool for Promoting Specific Ideologies”
"What credible license does a professor have? None, unless that is tied to something else--professional duty."
June 25, 2024/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
FUTUREU VIDEO: Faculty Perspectives on Campus Protests
Features Jennifer Ruth, Bethany Letiecq, and Noëlle McAfee. Hosted by Rubén O. Martinez. Produced by Frank A. Fear.
June 24, 2024/
FutureU Forum, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Podcast, Public Higher Ed, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: There’s a Literature to Read Regarding Campus Protests, Concept & Practice
Mintz: "Isn’t the time ripe for a serious, engaged discussion of Alinsky’s arguments from all political perspectives?"
June 23, 2024/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
COMMENTARY: “Hear the Names”
"Would board members admit a wrong or vote back the original name, arguing it is 'history, not hate'"?
June 22, 2024/
Public Higher Ed/
NEWS BRIEFS: Reorganization of Pennsylvania Public Higher Ed Is a Political Matter
PA Gov, Josh Shapero: "Both parties acknowledge the fact that we’ve got to do something meaningful on higher ed."
June 20, 2024/
News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: How a Culture of Kindness Improves Higher Education
"Openness and transparency have been proven to build faculty trust."
June 19, 2024/
Higher Ed, Perspectives/
NEWS BRIEFS: Feds Find U Michigan Repeatedly Violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona: “Hate has no place on our college campuses—ever,"
June 18, 2024/
Public Higher Ed/
FUTUREU FORUM: FRIDAY, JUNE 21, “Faculty Perspectives on Campus Protests” with Professors Ruth, Letiecq, and McAfee
Broadcast live on YouTube, 12-1:30 pm Eastern/9-10:30 am Pacific, Friday, June 21, 2024 (Link at bottom of post)
June 17, 2024/
FutureU Forum/
NEWS BRIEFS: Attorney Says “FL Legislature Can Restrict (Public Higher Ed) Professsors’ Speech Because Their Speech is the Government’s Speech”
Greg Greubel, representing the Foundation for Individual Rights & Expression: "The classroom is a marketplace of ideas."
June 16, 2024/
News Briefs, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Benedictine College President Says His School’s Mission Is “To Transform America”
Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica: "Instead of promoting unity...his (Butker's) comments seem to have fostered division."
June 15, 2024/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/