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Monthly Archive: August 2025

COMMENTARY: Authoritarians Render Havoc Across Sectors, Including Higher Education  

Anand Giridharadas: “America stares openly at an anti-democratic movement, flirts with fascism, and talks about dictatorship. Half of America says, …
by Frank Fear/ September 29, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society, Video/

NEWS BRIEFS: Trump’s Allegation Has Impact in Springfield, OH, Local Colleges Included

"Some Trump/Vance supporters continue to propagate the lies, posting statements urging people to vote for Trump."
by Future U/ September 17, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: UCLA Prof Files Anti-Trust Lawsuit Against Major Academic Publishers

"Dean Harvey, co-counsel for the plaintiff, said that for-profit academic journals have exploited scholars."
by Future U/ September 16, 2024/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: Evidence That MSU Didn’t Release Certain Material Associated with the Nassar Probe

"MSU had for years fought the release of the documents, including to the AG, and was successful in keeping them …
by Future U/ September 15, 2024/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Private Equity–Higher Ed Partner, Owner, or Both?

A long-time owner of for-profit higher ed, when will private equity become a major "partner" in public/private higher ed?
by Future U/ September 14, 2024/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Howes Lays Bare MSU’s Obstreperous Culture

"Institutions as dysfunctional as MSU don't get that way by accident. They get that way by choice." 
by Future U/ September 13, 2024/ Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: “It’s Not Over,” Say Nassar Victims

Kaylee Lorincz: "They just want to be able to slide everything under the rug and act like it didn’t happen."
by Future U/ September 12, 2024/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: University of Pennsylvania Most Recent University to Adopt “Institutional Neutrality”

Interim President J. Larry Jameson: "By quieting Penn’s institutional voice, we hope to amplify the expertise and voices within."
by Future U/ September 11, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Brown’s Scheduled Divestment Vote Raises Questions, Causes Pushback

President Christina Paxson: “It’s important to bring clarity to a divisive question of high interest to our community for years,”
by Future U/ September 10, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Massive Austerity Move Has Continuing Consequences at West Virginia University

Solomon Clark, an undergrad in applied math, was considering staying for grad school, but math grad programs were dropped.
by Future U/ September 9, 2024/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: University of Dayton to Shed Grad Programs in Financial Move

"Up to 20 master’s programs/3 doctoral programs could be eliminated/consolidated in a shift to undergrad ed."
by Future U/ September 8, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Cal State System Facing Significant Budget Cuts

Cal State trustee member C.J. Steinhauser: “We are going to have fewer programs, fewer positions."
by Future U/ September 7, 2024/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Rally Set this Week for Union of Tenure System Faculty at MSU

Rally is set for Friday, Sept. 6, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Brody East Lawn, on the Michigan …
by Future U/ September 5, 2024/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: Don’t Be Deterred “By Loud Voices in the Political Sphere” Decrying Campus Protests

Michael S. Roth: "I’m a college president, and I hope my campus Is even more political this year."
by Future U/ September 4, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEW BOOK: The Quiet Coup: Neoliberalism and the Looting of America

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