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PERSPECTIVES: Calling the Kettle “Kirk”

"Civility sets a higher bar."
by Future U/ September 29, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Teaching/

PERSPECTIVES: Reflexive Learning and Application, A Recipe for Higher Ed Response in These Tumultuous Times

"Universities are facing crucial, even existential, questions."
by Future U/ September 27, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Vanderbilt Poll Shows Positive Bump in Americans’ Views of Higher Ed

"47% of respondents had a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in higher education."
by Future U/ September 26, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

VIDEO: NPR’s “The Sunday Story,” “Trump’s War on Higher Education”

FROM NPR: “President Trump has a long list of grievances against many U.S. colleges and universities. He’s complained about antisemitism …
by Future U/ September 25, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Video/

NEWS BRIEFS: “History is the Best Way to Inspire an Informed Patriotism and Love of Country”

"Trump administration’s attempt to create an Orwellian “truth ministry” and omit the more troubling aspects of the nation’s past."
by Future U/ September 24, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Rolling Back the Clock to an Idealized Time”

"If there is an African American studies department, they (Conservatives) want to see a conservative studies department, too."
by Future U/ September 21, 2025/ Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Critics Argue Kirk Thrived on Outrage and Intimidation Rather than Debate”

Among Kirk's claims: "2020 voter fraud, public health measures as government control, and political opponents as dangerous."
by Future U/ September 20, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Trump Administration’s Continuing Effort to Weaken Higher Education

"Those projects are losing funding midway through their grant periods, and join grant recipients that have aleady lost Fed funding."
by Future U/ September 18, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Trump Administration Fires Another Salvo at Higher Ed, This Time at Prospective Students

David Baime, American Assoc of Community Colleges: "Community colleges receive half of all TRIO grants."
by Future U/ September 15, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Public Continues to Sour on the Value of a College Degree

Gallup: Public perception of a college education hits a 15-year low.
by Future U/ September 14, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

COMMENTARY: Both-And Necessary in Kirk’s Killing: Denounce the Act and Deplore Kirk’s Rhetoric

The killing of Charlie Kirk was wrong, but his rhetoric was strident and dismissive. 
by Roger Barbee/ September 13, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Diversity at Risk (Again), This Time Leading to Multiple HBCU Lockdowns

Rev. Al Sharpton: "Colleges should be a place of free expression that’s respectful, engaging. What we have seen is anything …
by Future U/ September 12, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Charlie Kirk Spewed Hate Messages on Campuses Across America

“Do you know how many transgender Americans have been mass shooters over the last 10 years?” an audience member asked. …
by Future U/ September 11, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Northwestern President, Under Political Pressure from the Rightwing, Resigns Post

Trump Administration: "We hope (NU) will seize this opportunity (presidential change) to Make Northwestern Great Again.”
by Future U/ September 7, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: Trump’s Incursion of Higher Ed (Let Me Find the Ways to Hurt You) Includes Restricting International Student Enrollment

Rachel Banks: “It raises serious concerns about the ability for (American schools) to remain the top universities in the world.” …
by Future U/ September 5, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/
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