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PERSPECTIVES: Undergraduate Student Writes, “I’ve been Terrified by the Meekness of (College) Administrators Since the Election”

"I hope they can chart a path toward principled leadership rather than fearful obedience and blind enforcement."
by Future U/ December 17, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: College Enrollments Decline, as Admissions Pressure Eases

“Colleges wnt to cultivate this idea that they’re prestigious and selective...and like the idea of being a sought-after good.”
by Future U/ December 16, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

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/

NEWS BRIEFS: More Colleges Close This Year Than Last, Upward Tick Predicted to Continue

Candi Clouse, Implan: "We see a decline in national birthrates, rising cost of education, and rising cost of operations,"
by Future U/ December 12, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Public Battle Continues Between FIRE and AAUP

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/

NEWS BRIEFS: Politically Engaged Art Draws Ire at ETSU Museum

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/

PERSPECTIVES: “Institutional Neutrality, Tactic to Distance Colleges from the Political Fracas”

"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/

NEWS BRIEFS: DEI Flagship, University of Michigan, Changes Course

"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/

NEWS BRIEFS: National Enrollment of First-Year Students Drops 5%

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/

PERSPECTIVES: Felix Frankfurter on Universities “Standing Up to Interference”

"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/

NEWS BRIEFS: U.S. Senate Committee Evaluation of USF Funding–What Peering Through an Alt-Right Lens Reveals

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/

NEWS BRIEFS: Linda McMahon Likely Pick as Department of Education Secretary

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/

PERSPECTIVES: Scientists, Academics Offer Stern Warning about Kennedy’s Choice as HHS Secretary

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/

PERSPECTIVES: Have Elite Universities Contributed to the Current Malaise?

David Brooks thinks so. Read why and how. From The Atlantic.
by Future U/ November 16, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Where 2024 Presidential Candidates Stand on Higher Education Issues

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/
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