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PERSPECTIVES: College Football Playoff and Bowl Teams Announced Today In What Has Become A BIG Money Business

The big money in college sports doesn't threaten the historic purpose of intercollegiate athletics; it has corrupted it.

by Future U/ December 3, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: U of California President Proposes “Viewpoint-Neutral” History Perspective, Faculty Push Back

Sherene Seikaly, UC Santa Barbara: It "undermines authority over teaching subjects and fails to acknowledge faculty expertise."

by Future U/ December 2, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: U of Michigan Cancels Student Referendum on Middle East Situation

UM administration canceled a student vote on conflicting referendums regarding the Israel-Hamas war.

by Future U/ December 1, 2023/ Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

FUTUREU FORUM, VIDEO AND PODCAST: Protecting/Advancing the Liberal Arts with Professor Christopher A. Snyder

The video and audio-only versions from November 29, 2023, are available here.

by Future U/ November 27, 2023/ Audio, FutureU Forum, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Podcast, Video/

NEWS BRIEFS: Say What?! “DEI is a Fraud and What We’re Seeing on Campuses is Proof of That”

Brandon Williams (NY-R), "If you permit or harbor antisemitism on your campus, you are my enemy,”

by Future U/ November 15, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: WVU Faculty Group Offers Alternative Budget Management Plan, Starting Where It Should WITH ADMINISTRATIVE CUTS

"We can meet the full $45M budget gap WITHOUT having to cut the 32 majors and layoff 200-400 mostly teaching …

by Future U/ November 12, 2023/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVE: Why the Humanities Are No Longer a Higher Education Centerpiece

"The humanities once mattered. Better to be the subject of political debate than to be marginalized or dismissed as irrelevant." …

by Future U/ November 8, 2023/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Same Old Tune as SUNY Potsdam Cuts Are Predominantly Humanities Programs

"SUNY Potsdam will lay off faculty in conjunction with the consolidation, but has not disclosed how many."

by Future U/ November 7, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: A Corporate-Style Approach to Selecting College/University Presidents

Two institutions–Purdue last year and Nova Southeastern this year–tabbed new presidents via a corporate-style promote-from-within approach. Proponents argue that the …

by Future U/ November 6, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Academic Philanthropy Shouldn’t Include Pulling Strings, But Does It?

"Some megadonors are outraged over institutions’ responses to the Israel-Hamas war."

by Future U/ November 4, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: U.S. Education Department Levies Historic Fine, But Was It Justified?

Aaron Ament: "Deceptive for-profit graduate programs are a large and growing part of America’s higher education crisis."

by Future U/ November 1, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Why Universities Should Not Take Sides in War

"A university must 'sustain an extraordinary environment of freedom of inquiry' and a consistent 'independence from political fashions, passions, and …

by Future U/ October 31, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/