Higher Ed Archive

NEWS BRIEFS: MSU Students Push for Climate Change Action

Students for Cooperation, a Michigan State U. student organization, organized the “Climate 911 March.”

by Future U/ October 11, 2021/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs, Society/

VIDEO: Reclaiming Education from Corporate Capture

Featuring Jasmine Banks, Exec Director, UnKoch My Campus, and Prof Sharon Kirsch, co-founder, Save our Schools AZ.

by Future U/ October 10, 2021/ Education, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

AUDIOCAST: Reclaiming Education from Corporate Capture

Featuring Jasmine Banks and Sharon Kirsch.

by Future U/ October 9, 2021/ Audio, Education, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Podcast, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: “Flabbergasting” Number of Sexual Assaults Reportedly Perpetrated by Since-Deceased Physician

2,111 reports were documented by the university just in the past year.

by Future U/ October 8, 2021/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

Sign the Petition: President Biden Promised $10k Student Debt Cancellation, But….

Sign the Change.org petition now!

by Future U/ October 7, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

LIVE Thursday! “Reclaiming Higher Ed from Corporate Capture”

Thursday, October 7, 1p, Eastern: FutureU's conversation with Jasmine Banks and Sharon Kirsch.

by Future U/ October 6, 2021/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: USC Under the Microscope (again)

The LA TImes profiles the case about and against Dr. George Tyndall, USC gynecologist.

by Future U/ October 4, 2021/ Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Presidential Controversy at U of Michigan, Schlissel Gives Board Date-Certain Departure

UM Board split on president's performance.

by Future U/ October 3, 2021/ Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Political Operative Dons Sage Role to Influence Public Policy

Christopher Rufo testified in favor of Michigan Senate Bill 460.

by Future U/ October 2, 2021/ Education, Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Neoliberalism’s Stealth-Like Character Revealed in this Academic Study

"Neoliberalism and neoliberal initiatives may be tied to faculty behaviors in a subtle and covert way."

by Future U/ October 1, 2021/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

Next FutureU Forum: What UnKochMyCampus is Doing to Counter Politically Motivated Philanthropy

FutureU is pleased to welcome Jasmine Banks, executive director, and Professor Sharon J. Kirsch, Arizona State University.

by Future U/ September 29, 2021/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Universities Are Not Static Places; They Live and Breathe, Grow and Change, and Reinvent Themselves with New Energy and Approaches.”

Rebecca M. Blank, Chancellor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, responds to criticism written about her institution.

by Future U/ September 26, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: “Mountain of Evidence that Both Students and Teachers Find Exposure to Critical History Enhances Teaching and Learning”

"If we care about effective historical teaching and learning, it is time that we made educational policy based on evidence …

by Future U/ September 25, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Elementary School to be Named Today After Former MSU Dean and Civil Rights Leader

Elaine Hardy in The State News: “Black people that lived in East Lansing and bought homes likely through white proxy-buyers, …

by Future U/ September 24, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

VIDEO: Discussion of New Book, “In the Struggle: Scholars and the Fight Against Industrial Agribusiness in California”

Watch co-authors Daniel J. O’Connell and Scott J. Peters discuss their new book, In the Struggle: Scholars and the Fight Against Industrial Agriculture …

by Future U/ September 21, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/