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PERSPECTIVES: When You’re Told, “No, You Can’t Publish It”

Read about Alice Dreger’s situation at Northwestern. Text is from the Afterword, Galileo’s Middle Finger: Heretics, Activists, and One Scholar’s …

by Future U/ December 14, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Trump Supporters Need Campus Safe Spaces, Too

NEWS BRIEFS: Wisconsin Regents Approve Tenure Policies Opposed By Faculty

There’s yet another feature associated with the neoliberal assault on higher education in Wisconsin. Read more from The Chronicle of Higher Education.

by Future U/ December 10, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Read And Support “Report From The Committee on Freedom of Expression,” University of Chicago

Read the Committee’s report here. Sign a national petition sponsored by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). Encourage …

by Future U/ December 10, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVE: “I Am A Dangerous Professor”

Thoughtful essay written by Emory’s George Yancy (From The New York Times).

by Future U/ December 9, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: With Professor WatchList, Notre Dame Faculty Say: “Please Add My Name!”

More than 100 ND faculty members are eager to have their names added to a conservative faculty watchlist that targets …

by Future U/ December 9, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Without Tenure, Professors Act Like Terrified Sheep”

“Does tenure protect intellectual freedom or force academics to think the same way?” Read Alice Dreger’s provocative essay (from AEON).

by Future U/ December 9, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Population Shifts and Trends Challenge College Enrollments

Population declines in some regions, growth in others, and greater diversity all around are hallmarks of demographic patterns in college-age America. Read …

by Future U/ December 8, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Is There A Connection Between Conspiracy Beliefs And Education Level?

Read a thoughtful piece from NPR written by Tania Lombrozo, psychology professor, University of California, Berkeley

by Future U/ December 7, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Troubling Hire At Liberty University

The situation at Baylor regarding sexual assaults is known nationally. Liberty just hired the former Baylor athletics director in the …

by Future U/ December 5, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: When A University Sues Its Student Newspaper

The situation at UK raises important questions. “Colleges are more motivated than ever…to maintain reputations. The stakes have increased for colleges …

by Future U/ December 4, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Shifting Actions Toward US Flag At Hampshire College Yield Diverse Responses

Post-election, the flag on the main flagpole was lowered to half-staff, burned, and later removed altogether–with considerable response, on-campus and -off. …

by Future U/ December 3, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVE: Was This Election Different? If So, What Does It Mean For Higher Education?

“This election was different,” contends Judith S. White. “Given that, can our work as senior leaders in higher education be the same?” Read …

by Future U/ December 2, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “It’s Time For Higher Education To Speak Up”

Here’s a thoughtful essay written by Catherine Hill, president emerita, Vassar College, published recently in Inside Higher Education.

by Future U/ December 1, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: “Professor Watchlist” Monitors ‘Leftist Propaganda’ In The Classroom

New website is seen by some as threat to academic freedom, by others as accountability in higher ed. Read more from The …

by Future U/ November 30, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

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