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NEWS BRIEFS: Michigan State Will No Longer Include DEI Statements in Hiring Material and Practices, Employee Evaluations, and Promotion Reviews

"The change comes as other universities across the country make DEI adjustments in response to new federal government policies."

by Future U/ July 11, 2025/ MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

News Briefs: Michigan State U’s Proposed Cuts, “Rushed, Not Communicated Properly”

Non-Tenure Track Faculty Union President Víctor Rodríguez-Pereira: "Cuts should come from the top and go to the bottom."

by Future U/ July 8, 2025/ MSU, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS PLUS VIDEO: Faculty Activism, “The Big 10 Alliance,” in the Fight Against Trump

"Whether MSU’s administrative leadership will heed the faculty senate’s calls remains to be seen."

by Future U/ April 17, 2025/ MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Video/

NEWS BRIEFS: Question Posed at East Lansing Rally, “Will Michigan State Administration Follow U Michigan’s Lead?”

"Participants shouted “We fight fascism!” as the rally concluded."

by Future U/ March 31, 2025/ MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: MSU Cancels DEI Webinar in “Anticipatory Response” to Trump Administration DEI Threats

DEI order asks federal agencies to consider investigating universities with large endowments, a list that includes MSU and UM.

by Future U/ January 28, 2025/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: “Thoughtful Restraint,” Michigan State U’s Position on Issuing Institutional Statements About Controversial Public Matters

"Using the institution’s voice for any but the most critical purposes risks undermining academic freedom, chilling free expression, and silencing …

by Future U/ December 23, 2024/ MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Evidence That MSU Didn’t Release Certain Material Associated with the Nassar Probe

"MSU had for years fought the release of the documents, including to the AG, and was successful in keeping them …

by Future U/ September 15, 2024/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Howes Lays Bare MSU’s Obstreperous Culture

"Institutions as dysfunctional as MSU don't get that way by accident. They get that way by choice."

by Future U/ September 13, 2024/ Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: “It’s Not Over,” Say Nassar Victims

Kaylee Lorincz: "They just want to be able to slide everything under the rug and act like it didn’t happen."

by Future U/ September 12, 2024/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Rally Set this Week for Union of Tenure System Faculty at MSU

Rally is set for Friday, Sept. 6, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Brody East Lawn, on the Michigan …

by Future U/ September 5, 2024/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: Michigan State U Extension Faces Hurdles in Quest to Unionize

Union of Tenure Stream Faculty organizer NiCole Buchanan: “They (the university) are engaging in union busting 101.”

by Future U/ September 1, 2024/ MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

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.'”

by Future U/ June 12, 2024/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

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