December 2025 - Future U

NEWS BRIEFS: “Strong Step” (U.S. Rep. Walberg) or “Wrong, Plain and Simple” (U.S. Sen. Padilla)

U.S. Ed Sec McMahon: "Another concrete step from the Trump Administration to put a stop to DEI in government."

by Future U/ December 26, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"The NFL reinforces the importance of sustained, authentic engagement in diversity and inclusion."

by Future U/ December 25, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society, Video/

"We must demand and expect better from our universities."

by Future U/ December 24, 2025/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

If applied as stated, OU's self-described proclamation about the right thing to do would have been to reinstate the instructor.

by Future U/ December 23, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

To force students to walk through the doors of a public school named after an enslaver makes slaves of us …

by Roger Barbee/ December 21, 2025/ Public Higher Ed/

"European, African, Asia, Middle East/Islamic, the Americas, and Slavic, Eurasian, East European centers will close."

by Future U/ December 20, 2025/ Public Higher Ed/

"61% 'strongly' wanted to attend an institution where students of all races/ethnicities are supported."

by Future U/ December 19, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"Gambling is now an integral part of college athletics, and NIL/revenue-sharing make college sports more transactional than ever."

by Future U/ December 18, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"It is all the more urgent now to work in solidarity to safeguard higher education in this country."

by Future U/ December 17, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs/

Erwin Chemerinsky, UC Berkeley law dean: "What was done was so blatantly illegal and unconstitutional.”

by Future U/ December 16, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"Campus leaders need to state explicitly that cultural centers and programs are open to all, and then to train everyone …

by Future U/ December 15, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"We are turning research and evidence into liabilities. They are the rhetoric of a future world freed of rigorous inquiry."

by Future U/ December 14, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"Kant defined the university as a place where the learned judge the learned. This principle is basic."

by Future U/ December 13, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

"Trump and his allies never seem to do their homework, so why should we let them experiment on students?"

by Future U/ December 12, 2025/ Education, Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"Schools and conferences have been looking into outside money for a long time; Utah’s deal has been in the works …

by Future U/ December 11, 2025/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/