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PERSPECTIVES: “Training for a Job = Higher Education” Misses the Mark, and Has Deleterious Social and Cultural Consequences

"I’m annoyed—really, really, really annoyed—by critics who decide which disciplines matter."
by Future U/ July 18, 2026/ Education, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Michigan State Faculty Vote No Confidence in Trustees, Confidence in President

Faculty Senate Chair John Aerni-Flessner: The vote was taken "to have the president and the board see where faculty stand."
by Future U/ July 17, 2026/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: House Republicans Submit Bills to Dismantle the U.S. Department of Education

Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR): "We created a Department of War and are shutting down the Department of Education.”
by Future U/ July 16, 2026/ Education, Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Scientists Across Fields Say “NO!” to Trump Administration’s Politicization of Grant Reviews

MIT physicist Wolfgang Ketterle, Nobel Prize winner: The new regulations "will destroy U.S. leadership in fundamental science.”
by Future U/ July 15, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Troubling Trend of Dismantling Faculty Governance

"Accreditation standards that protect shared governance and academic freedom are not bureaucratic overhead."
by Future U/ July 14, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Why I Quit a University Board: “We Were Expected to Rubber-Stamp Decisions”

"Fielding said that he was open and honest to the board about why he is not renewing his fourth term."
by Future U/ July 3, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: How Is American Higher Education Noting the 250th Anniversary of the Nation?

Bryce Webb, FAMU student: “The next 250 years must be spearheaded by equity, opportunity, and justice for all.”
by Future U/ July 1, 2026/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Study Reveals Many Foundations are Supporting Conservative “Civics Initiatives” on America’s Campuses

Dartmouth's Bethany Moreton: "At a surface level, who could be against civility?”
by Future U/ June 30, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Culture War Across States Spills Into How Public Universities Are Run and What Faculty Can Teach

Prof Jennifer Brooks: "It's a misconception to think that the only concerned faculty are a small group of 'discontents.'"
by Future U/ June 29, 2026/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Higher Ed “Might Not Be Able to Prevent Critics From Attacking, But It Now Acknowledges That It Has Been Supplying Ammunition”

"Universities are studying how they lost the public’s trust."
by Future U/ June 27, 2026/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Dismantling U.S. Dept of Education, “Hurts College Students and Silences Free Speech on Campus”

"It will strip marginalized students of vital protections, leaving them more exposed to systemic discrimination."
by Future U/ June 26, 2026/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Primary Target in Trump’s War on Higher Education … Women

Gloria Blackwell, CEO, AAUW: "Weakening (higher ed) weakens the country’s future. The damage could last for generations."
by Future U/ June 25, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Public University President Targeted by the Trump Administration Is Praised by Board with Contract Extended

Claim: “A university-wide campaign to implement unlawful DEI policies that intentionally discriminate on the basis of race.”
by Future U/ June 24, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

COMMENTARY with VIDEO: What Makes Higher Education “Higher”?

"The short video is one example of what enables education to bear the audacious label, HIGHER."
by Future U/ June 22, 2026/ Higher Ed, Society, Video/

Commentary on the Michigan State Situation: “Spartan Ventures Merited Intense Scrutiny from the Board”

Headline, Detroit News: "Board meddling didn't cost Michigan State its president"
by Future U/ June 20, 2026/ Higher Ed, MSU, Neoliberalism, Public Higher Ed, Society/
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