Higher Ed Archives

PERSPECTIVES: New Volume of “Academic Freedom” Is Now Available

"Colleges and universities are more vulnerable—and susceptible to private donor influence—than ever."

by Future U/ November 2, 2025/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

"Mutual defense compacts, mostly issued by faculty governance bodies, urges institutions to band together,"

by Future U/ October 31, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed/

“Authoritarian populists have grasped the crucial strategic importance of universities.”

by Future U/ October 30, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Claim: "Much of Higher Education is corrupting our youth & society with woke, socialist, and anti-American ideology."

by Future U/ October 27, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

(Kirk's approach) "was not what I would call a model for college-level discourse."

by Future U/ October 26, 2025/ Education, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Assoc Prof Brandon Manning: "This hasty move looks like an attempt to placate recent conservative criticism of the university,”

by Future U/ October 25, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

'Higher Education is under assault and we must defend it if the institution vital to democratic civil society is to …

by Future U/ October 24, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society, Video/

'Neoliberalism opened the door to what we're experiencing now politically."

by Future U/ October 22, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society, Video/

"Higher education is in the throes of a government sponsored authoritarian-inspired takeover."

by Future U/ October 21, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"Brown has affirmed that no amount of federal inducement is worth surrendering the freedom to question, explore, and dissent,"

by Future U/ October 16, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs/

Higher education is under assault It must defend its values/practices if its autonomy and academic freedom are to survive.

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

"Republicans accuse academics of indoctrinating youth (while) Trump claims campuses have been 'infested with radicalism.'"

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

AAUP's Todd Wolfson: 'We applaud MIT for standing up for rejecting Trump’s ‘loyalty oath’ compact.”

by Future U/ October 12, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

Lawsuit contends "the policy rolled could cause 'catastrophic setbacks' to research in the U.S."

by Future U/ October 11, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

"In one threatening (and verified) email, the sender said he would kill him (Prof Bray) in front of his students."

by Future U/ October 10, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/