Higher Ed Archives

NEWS BRIEFS: Walberg Succeeds Fox as Chair, U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce

Before serving in Congress, Walberg was a pastor and managed a division at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago.

by Future U/ December 13, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

AAUP: "increasingly partisan critics of freedom of speech/First Amendment, and taking positions that threaten academic freedom."

by Future U/ December 11, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

Eugene Volokh, UCLA prof: "Unsurprisingly, government officials have views about it.”

by Future U/ December 9, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"University statements can have a chilling effect on discourse by encouraging silence from students and faculty."

by Future U/ December 7, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"Some regentss are criticizing U-M's diversity, equity and inclusion programs and roughly $250 million in spending."

by Future U/ December 6, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

When large numbers of students do not attend, one consequence for them and America is "the loss of human potential."

by Future U/ December 5, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

"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/

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/

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/

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/

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

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

FutureU Editor: Stark contrasts exist, and without suprise. One party refers to higher ed as "The Enemy of the People."

by Future U/ November 4, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

"Stephen Miller declared 'America is for America and Americans only,' and Trump said, 'the U.S. is now an occupied country,'”

by Future U/ November 3, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

"8,200+ scholars have signed an open letter to UCI Chancellor Gillam 'to contact Orange County DA to drop all charges.'"

by Future U/ November 2, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

Jon Fansmith, Senior VP, American Council on Ed: "A wholly partisan effort wasted a significant chance for productive analysis."

by Future U/ November 1, 2024/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/