News Briefs Archives

News Briefs Archive

NEWS BRIEFS: Financial Threat to IU Real Even Though Some Faculty Believe Claims are “Exaggerated, Inaccurate”

Faculty Letter: “We are alarmed by the threatening tone, and the way in which it injects ideology into university governance."

by Future U/ December 4, 2023/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

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: Michigan State U Presidential Finalist Defers Meeting with Campus Constituents

Stratton Lee III, Black Faculty, Staff & Administrators Assoc: "We like to go firsthand, and not rely on things we …

by Future U/ November 26, 2023/ MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

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/

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/

NEWS BRIEFS: In Battle Over DEI Cuts, Wisconsin Legislature Seeks to Withhold Already Approved Faculty Salary Increases

"Allow raises only if the state university system gives the Legislature power to approve new university positions."

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

NEWS BRIEFS: Bad Things Come in Threes, Just Ask Michigan State

Sunday on Reddit: "As a Spartan, can we go 6 months without a scandal or controversy?"

by Future U/ October 23, 2023/ MSU, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: What Can Former FL Public U Presidents Do About Florida’s Public Higher Education?

Speak out, which they did collectively on October 18.

by Future U/ October 19, 2023/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Faculty Receive Pink Slips in Morgantown

"The wholesale gutting of an institution is not the way to address those (financial) concerns."

by Future U/ October 17, 2023/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: DeSantis Continues His Purge of Florida Public Higher Education

Miami Herald Editorial: “It’s ludicrous to say that Florida’s renowned university system is more preoccupied with churning out “woke” students …

by Future U/ October 15, 2023/ News Briefs, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Biden Administration Pushing States to Close Gap on HBCU Underfunding

From HIGHER ED DIVE: “Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack sent states individual letters detailing their land-grant …

by Future U/ October 14, 2023/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Counter Population Loss by Offering Free Tuition at Public Universities?

“The Growing Michigan Together Council has a tough task, reported Bridge Michigan. “Michigan remains the 10th most populous state in …

by Future U/ October 11, 2023/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEF: Hedging Bet Regarding Congressional Action, NCAA Advances NIL Regulation Policy

"Measures include development of registry for service providers to help weed out bad actors"

by Future U/ October 8, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/