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NEWS BRIEFS: Preview of Monday’s Court Action re Harvard’s Argument that Its Fed Funding Cuts Are Illegal

$2.4 billion in fed award cuts for Harvard, which the U says has nothing to do with antisemitism claims.

by Future U/ July 21, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs/

FUTUREU Is Now on BlueSky

‪@neoliberalhe.bsky.social‬

by Future U/ July 12, 2025/ News Briefs/

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: Trump-Related Think Tank Files Complaint Against Cornell U

Cornell University: The University is "deeply disturbed by personal attacks leveled against our faculty members.”

by Future U/ July 3, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Trump Accelerates Attack on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Jeremy Young, PEN America: “It launches investigations into universities for merely having a DEI office or promoting DEI."

by Future U/ July 2, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Indiana U Capitulates to Conservatives’ View of What College Is For

'The cuts also come after a new Board of Trustees majority, aligned with Indiana’s Republican Gov. Mike Braun."

by Future U/ July 1, 2025/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Gloves Off in Virginia in Response to UVA’s DEI-related Presidential Ouster

VA state Sen. Louise Lucas: “We intend to stand up and fight, to make sure this never happens again.”

by Future U/ June 30, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: UVA President Resigns, Says, “I Cannot Make a Unilateral Decision to Fight the Federal Government in Order to Save My Own Job.”

"Conservative UVA alumni groups & legal entities complained that Ryan didn't eliminate DEI from all corners of the campus."

by Future U/ June 29, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: DeSantis and Other Southern Governors Create New Higher Ed Body to Counter “Woke Accreditation”

Florida's DeSantis: "It will upend the monopoly of the woke accreditation cartels."

by Future U/ June 27, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Vanderbilt University National Poll Reveals Public Sentiments Regarding American Higher Ed

“Notable differences among MAGA & traditional Republicans, make it critical to consider this distinction when assessing the public’s thinking."

by Future U/ June 18, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Claiming Academic Censorship, Tulane Professor Resigns Position

Kimberly Terrell: "I cannot remain silent as this university sacrifices academic integrity for political appeasement."

by Future U/ June 15, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Claiming “Political Meddling,” Fulbright Board Quits En Masse

Board statement: "Injecting politics/ideological mandates into the Fulbright program violates the letter/spirit of the law that Congress so wisely established …

by Future U/ June 12, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: If Adopted, State of Texas Proposal Would Derail Faculty Control of Academic Governance

Brian Evans, president of the Texas AAUP: "It’s no longer an elected faculty voice. It’s controlled by the administration.”

by Future U/ June 9, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: Trump Administration Seeks Political Cronies as Funding Gatekeepers

Joshua Gordon, former director, NIH. "It is crucial that politics be kept out of the scientific grant-making process.”

by Future U/ June 8, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/