November 2024 - Future U

COMMENTARY: The United States Isn’t What It Used to Be, and Isn’t What It Claims to Be

"It is also abundantly clear character doesn’t matter anymore."

by Future U/ November 30, 2024/ Perspectives, Society/

VIDEO is from the November 27, 2024, PBS NewsHour.

by Future U/ November 29, 2024/ Education, Perspectives, Society, Video/

"Germany universities (then) failed to reveal the accumulated wisdom of civilization, but became centres of decivilization.”

by Future U/ November 27, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

"In May, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a law banning public colleges from taking official positions on an array of …

by Future U/ November 26, 2024/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"Higher ed has been on the front lines of state budget cuts and (eliminating the USDE) would be challenging in …

by Future U/ November 25, 2024/ News Briefs, Society/

OK Gov. Kevin Stitt: “Left-wing accreditation monopolies peddle DEI curricula and let liberal faculty call the shots,”

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

"This is the time to use every lever of power to stop the worst of authoritarianism from taking over."

by Future U/ November 23, 2024/ Perspectives, Society, Video/

Report title is revealing: "Division, Extremism. Ideology: How the Biden-Harris NSF Politicized Science." (What a crock!)

by Future U/ November 22, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

"Rights are won through struggle, often in the face of entrenched power. The determination of people drives real change."

by Future U/ November 21, 2024/ Perspectives, Society/

McMahon served as CEO, World Wrestling Entertainment, and director, Small Business Administration in Trump’s first term.

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

We talk about resisting, but we wind up playing games.

by Adrian Lenardic/ November 19, 2024/ Public Higher Ed/

Dr. Jeffrey Flier, prof and former dean, Harvard University: “Over the edge. Down the rabbit hole. Completely insane,”

by Future U/ November 18, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

A swarm of cockroaches are invited into living quarters and treated like house pets.

by Frank Fear/ November 17, 2024/ Public Higher Ed/

David Brooks thinks so. Read why and how. From The Atlantic.

by Future U/ November 16, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

"The country’s really shifted in the last 50 or 60 years, mainly with the neoliberal assault."

by Future U/ November 15, 2024/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/