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PERSPECTIVES: “Trump Officials Described Professors as “The Enemy,” and AAUP Goes from Defense to Offense

Prof William A. Herbert, Hunter College collective-bargaining scholar: "This is the greatest attack on higher ed in American history,”
by Future U/ April 25, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Critique of KU’s National Ranking Decline Blends Neoliberal and Legacy Perspectives

David Awbrey: There is little interest "in teaching what Matthew Arnold called 'the best that has been known and thought.'”
by Future U/ April 24, 2026/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Higher Ed Group Joins Suit Against Trump Administration, Claiming Discriminatory Practices in Federal Contracting

Prof Karin Rosemblatt: "We strenuously object to the administration’s efforts to erase the realities of racial/ethnic inequality and discrimination.”
by Future U/ April 22, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Michigan Regent With History of Confrontation, Disruption, and Partisanship Loses Re-Election Quest

"Lewd messages linked to University of Michigan regent who led campaign against pro-Palestinian students."
by Future U/ April 20, 2026/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

COMMENTARY: Diversity and Meritocracy Can (and Should) Go Hand-in-Hand

"We can find ways to do both in a way that works for more people than you think."
by Future U/ April 19, 2026/ Education, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Feds Want Application Data from Stanford Medical, “Cardinal Courage” Says No

"Stanford should not comply voluntarily with a request that threatens student privacy and undermines institutional independence."
by Future U/ April 16, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Texas Tech Defines What Constitutes the Human Sexes and Then Culls Academic Offerings Accordingly

"Before Texas Tech, Creighton was a legislator. He sponsored the Texas’ 2023 law barring DEI across the state’s public colleges."
by Future U/ April 14, 2026/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Fed Budget? Thumbs Up for War, Thumbs Down for Everything Else

AAAS's Sudip Parikh: "Funding should be driven by scientific opportunity and possibility, not politics.”
by Future U/ April 9, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

COMMENTARY: The State of Florida Hates Sociology

"Sociology is radical and woke. We want our students to return to the basics."
by Future U/ April 8, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Iranian Higher Ed Under Assault in Iran War

Iran’s Ministry of Science & Technology: "At least 30 universities have been hit since the beginning of the war (2/28)."
by Future U/ April 6, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: “Rushed and Chaotic Process” May Not Keep Feds From Collecting Race Data in Higher Ed Admissions

"Education Dept argued that taxpayers deserve transparency on how money is spent at achools that receive federal funding."
by Future U/ April 5, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: In Trump’s World of Winning Lawsuits, the Scorecard Looks Like This

Plantiffs are now framing their responses based on what they've learned from previous cases.
by Future U/ April 4, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Today’s Number in Higher Education is “673”

Montclair State (NJ) students held a mock funeral outside the university’s college of humanities and social sciences building.
by Future U/ April 3, 2026/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: “Give Us Names and Information,” Feds Tell University of Pennsylvania

Vic Walczak, legal director, ACLU of PA: “The dangers of compiling lists based on religious affiliation are well documented."
by Future U/ April 2, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

BOOK REVIEW: “Terms of Respect: How Colleges Get Free Speech Right,” by Christopher L. Eisgruber (Basic Books, 2025)

The book "seeks not to persuade readers to act as to reassure them that everything on college campuses is ok."
by Future U/ April 1, 2026/ Book Review, Higher Ed, Perspectives/
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