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NEWS BRIEFS: Dismantling U Michigan’s DEI Office/Programs Yields Benefits for Ono

UM alum Lisa Barney on mismanteling DEI: "UM is supposed to be the home of leaders and best. I am …
by Future U/ May 5, 2025/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: University Leaders Step Up Organizing Efforts to Confront Trump Administration

“This administration is ready to exact retribution. I asked people to sign, and many said, ‘I can’t. I’m afraid.’”
by Future U/ April 28, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: AAUP’s Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom Virtual Forum, Tu, May 13, 6 PM: “The Antidemocratic Attack on Scholars and Why It Matters”

Prof Isaac Kamola, Trinity College (CT), directs AAUP’s Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom
by Future U/ April 27, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Video/

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: Rutgers Faculty Leadership Stance: Establish Big Ten Firewall Against Trump Administration Incursion of Higher Education

Prof Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, Univ of Minnesota: "This seems like a very positive big step in the right direction."
by Future U/ April 5, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs/

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: University of Michigan, Long-time Champion, Closes Its Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Rebekah Modrak, chair Faculty Senate: ""Univ of Michigan leaders seem determined to comply/collaborate in our destruction."
by Future U/ March 29, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Columbia Faculty & Students Vow to Fight Against Authoritarian Influence in Higher Ed

Professor Faye: "We've allowed our critics to define us by not countering their misleading narratives. We must do so now.”
by Future U/ March 26, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: UC San Diego Provost, Strong Supporter of DEI, is VP Vance’s Mother-In-Law

VP Vance: "I don't like DEI, and I'm proud of what our administration has done on that front."
by Future U/ March 19, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Trump Says Oust Departmental Academic Leadership at Columbia U, Wants a Say in the Curriculum

Joan Scott, AAUP: “It’s an escalation unheard of. Even during the McCarthy era, this was not done.”
by Future U/ March 16, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Trump Administration Investigating 50+ Universities for Presumed DEI Violations

"The group being investigated includes Arizona St. Ohio St and Rutgers, along with Yale, Cornell, Duke, and MIT."
by Future U/ March 15, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: USDA Pauses Funding at University of Maine

"As a land-grant institution, U Maine and seven other institutions in the system are heavily dependent on USDA funding."
by Future U/ March 13, 2025/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Cornell Investigated for Handling of Gaza Protests

"A task force will determine “how/when Cornell should speak institutionally on politics, ideology, current affairs, and world events.”
by Future U/ March 12, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Feds Punish Columbia University for “Continued Inaction” Regarding Harassment of Jewish Students

Columbia recently received a D grade from YNetNews.com.
by Future U/ March 7, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Protest? Trump Threatens to Pull Fed College Funding and Expel “Student Agitators”

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by Future U/ March 4, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/
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