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NEWS BRIEFS: “Hey, Chancellor, Where Did You Hide the Money?”

For Cal State is was $1 billion. Investigators found it. “By failing to disclose this surplus, the Chancellor’s Office has …

by Future U/ June 27, 2019/ Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Higher Education’s ‘Competition Fetish”

Professor Rajani Naidoo: “The competition fetish produces the conviction that ‘there is no alternative.'” It’s the business of higher education, the …

by Future U/ June 19, 2019/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The Corruption of Higher Education

Without repentance—mea culpa ringing across the sector—followed by a shift to progressive leadership (an approach that embraces authenticity, transparency, and …

by Frank Fear/ June 17, 2019/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: University Administrator, “Competition in Higher Ed is a Fetish”

While it’s the predominant fashion in higher education today, it aims “is little more than competition for its own sake,” …

by Future U/ June 16, 2019/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: Utah State Student Journalists Raise Questions About University Donations

“The Koch Scholars program is one example of how Charles Koch has sought to transform the Utah State business school …

by Future U/ May 6, 2019/ Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

The Higher Education I Knew

Higher education—once a social institution—has become corporatized.

by Frank Fear/ May 2, 2019/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: How Do You Run Higher Ed ‘On the Cheap’?

The average part-time faculty member earns about $20k annually. And, for many, ‘part-time’ is a full-time job. Read more in …

by Future U/ April 29, 2019/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Chris Hedges On Neoliberalism

“The great thing about freedom of the market is it appears to be egalitarian, but there is nothing more unequal …

by Future U/ November 23, 2018/ Articles, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: How To Leverage A University Brand For Self-Interested Advocacy

Enter the Koch-funded Center for Growth and Policy at Utah State University. Read more here.

by Future U/ October 26, 2018/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Student Debt Crisis Is Just That, A Crisis

And Bloomberg reports the situation is about to explode. Riley Griffin tells why.

by Future U/ October 23, 2018/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: How A School Became ‘The University of Nike’

Here’s an excerpt (from Pacific Standard) of Joshua Hunt’s new book, University of Nike: How Corporate Cash Bought American Higher Education. It’s …

by Future U/ October 22, 2018/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Higher Ed, Like Other Social Institutions, Has Made A ‘Neoliberal Turn’

The time frame–over about thirty years, starting in the ’80s. The evolution–from a public good to what’s best for the …

by Future U/ October 20, 2018/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Why The NCAA Wants You To Refer to College Athletes as “Student-Athletes”

The reasoning is a mix of politics, legalities, and economics, writes Richard G. Johnson. Johnson was plaintiff’s counsel in Oliver v. …

by Future U/ October 16, 2018/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: In Neoliberal Higher Ed, Tenure Lines Are Being Replaced By Contingent Lines

“About three-quarters of all faculty positions are off the tenure track, according to new AAUP analysis,” writes Colleen Flaherty of …

by Future U/ October 12, 2018/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: Koch Foundation Gave $49 Million To Higher Ed In 2016 (Associated Press)

The total was nearly a 50% increase from 2015. Read more in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

by Future U/ October 7, 2018/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/