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NEWS BRIEFS: “Give Us Names and Information,” Feds Tell University of Pennsylvania

Vic Walczak, legal director, ACLU of PA: “The dangers of compiling lists based on religious affiliation are well documented."

by Future U/ April 2, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Teach About Health Inequities? Used To, But Trump Administration Poses a Threat If You Do

Dr, Stella Safo: "The anti-DEI movement unfortunately affects all of us,"

by Future U/ March 31, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: “Sociology as a Discipline is Now Social and Political Advocacy Dressed in the Regalia of the Academy”

Noting Neoliberal influences of Reagan/Thatcher, a reader wrote: "Conservatives hate sociology which is about WE, about US together."

by Future U/ March 29, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Another Higher Education Target–Area Study Centers and World Languages

"Area studies grew out of World War II. You need to train people with knowledge of these places and encourage …

by Future U/ March 27, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Federal Anti-DEI Probe Widens to Include Med School Admissions

"The DOJ says federal funding for their professional programs could be on the line."

by Future U/ March 26, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

COMMENTARY: Bravo to Indiana in Football, Boo to How Its President is Steering the University

Whitten de-funds critical thinking, fostering democratic citizenship, and more, in exchange for IU being "a partner to industry."

by Future U/ March 25, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Will HBCU Kentucky State Become a Polytechnic?

"Faculty in closed programs would lose their jobs, and KSU's faculty size would be capped to serve 1000 in-person students."

by Future U/ March 24, 2026/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Faculty Decry Academic Program Review Effort at UConn

"Very little input sought, and it is often ignored."

by Future U/ March 21, 2026/ Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Coaches Launch Campaign, “Coaches for Campus Freedom”

"Athletics bring Americans together. Protecting university independence safeguards this proud tradition."

by Future U/ March 5, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Petition, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Higher Education Coalition Petitions Trump Administration Regarding Its Definition of a “Professional Degree Program”

Unless expanded, the revised definition of "professional degree program" limits higher borrowing caps to 11 degree programs.

by Future U/ March 4, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Petition, Public Higher Ed, Society/

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