PERSPECTIVES: Campus Protest Backlash Begs a Question: What Would You Do?
"Open/free exchange is stifled when free speech is censored and academic freedom is curtailed through political interference."
Higher Ed Archive
PERSPECTIVES: Efforts to Silence Voices Are Nothing New, But Recent Attempts in Higher Ed are Troubling
"It was only a matter of time until managers came for faculty, as shared governance has become more myth than …
June 28, 2024/
Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/
PERSPECTIVES: Faculty Criticisms Aired in Public, Limits of Faculty Speech?
"Do we allow faculty to invite external interference and encourage student misconduct without consequence?"
June 27, 2024/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: “Protecting the Freedom to Teach and Do Research”
There is a difference between political rhetoric and legitimate academic judgment.
June 26, 2024/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: “Academic Freedom (can turn) into a Tool for Promoting Specific Ideologies”
"What credible license does a professor have? None, unless that is tied to something else--professional duty."
June 25, 2024/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
FUTUREU VIDEO: Faculty Perspectives on Campus Protests
Features Jennifer Ruth, Bethany Letiecq, and Noëlle McAfee. Hosted by Rubén O. Martinez. Produced by Frank A. Fear.
June 24, 2024/
FutureU Forum, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Podcast, Public Higher Ed, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: There’s a Literature to Read Regarding Campus Protests, Concept & Practice
Mintz: "Isn’t the time ripe for a serious, engaged discussion of Alinsky’s arguments from all political perspectives?"
June 23, 2024/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: How a Culture of Kindness Improves Higher Education
"Openness and transparency have been proven to build faculty trust."
June 19, 2024/
Higher Ed, Perspectives/
PERSPECTIVES: Benedictine College President Says His School’s Mission Is “To Transform America”
Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica: "Instead of promoting unity...his (Butker's) comments seem to have fostered division."
June 15, 2024/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
NOËLLE MCAFEE: “University Presidents and Administrators Can Learn A Lot from Student Demonstrations”
"Students have long been the conscience of our culture, bringing awareness to uncomfortable issues."
June 14, 2024/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: Cal State President on Student Protesters, “Trust We Had (in students) to Practice Non-Violence Has Been Violated”
"It wasn’t clear what steps the university or protesters would take next to find a resolution."
June 13, 2024/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: MSU Investigation Finds Board Chair Behavior was “Unbecoming, Unprofessional” and a “Violation of the Board’s Code of Ethics”
"Investigators determined the gesture met the Wikipedia definition of 'middle finger.'”
June 12, 2024/
Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/
NEWS BRIEFS: U.S. House Republicans to Expand Higher Education Targeting
Lynn Pasquerella, President, AACU: "(The attack) lends itself to the narrative that conservative groups want to present."
June 10, 2024/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Making a Case for Boycott, Divestments, and Sanctions (BDS)
"We can’t watch genocide and do nothing."
June 9, 2024/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: Michigan State University is New Target of Conservative Ire Towards DEI
"The College Fix": "University (MSU) says DEI is part of everything it does." (FutureU response: And that's a problem?!)
June 8, 2024/
Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/