Perspectives Archives

PERSPECTIVES: “Dialogue, You Say?” Sure, If You Redefine What It Means … And That’s What Happened

(Kirk's approach) "was not what I would call a model for college-level discourse."

by Future U/ October 26, 2025/ Education, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

'Higher Education is under assault and we must defend it if the institution vital to democratic civil society is to …

by Future U/ October 24, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society, Video/

"All of us must step up"!

by Future U/ October 23, 2025/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society, Video/

'Neoliberalism opened the door to what we're experiencing now politically."

by Future U/ October 22, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society, Video/

"Higher education is in the throes of a government sponsored authoritarian-inspired takeover."

by Future U/ October 21, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"Too many (schools) are abandoning higher education’s traditional commitment to free and independent journalistic voices."

by Future U/ October 17, 2025/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

Higher education is under assault It must defend its values/practices if its autonomy and academic freedom are to survive.

by Future U/ October 14, 2025/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"Republicans accuse academics of indoctrinating youth (while) Trump claims campuses have been 'infested with radicalism.'"

by Future U/ October 13, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"The safest classroom is the quietest one. But safety is a coffin; silence is death. The only way forward is …

by Future U/ October 5, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize laureate: "If you do not hold the line, you will only get weaker over time."

by Future U/ October 4, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"Watching should be secondary to reading for intellectual gain, but in today's America, entertainment trumps acumen."

by Roger Barbee/ October 2, 2025/ Perspectives, Society/

"Civility sets a higher bar."

by Future U/ September 29, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Teaching/

"It augurs the worst crackdown on political dissent in generations, targeting dissent & the groups that enable dissent."

by Future U/ September 28, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

"Universities are facing crucial, even existential, questions."

by Future U/ September 27, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

"His words were not harmless. They were a politics of dehumanization, amplified daily through platforms that rewarded outrage."

by Future U/ September 22, 2025/ Perspectives, Society/