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Perspectives Archive

COMMENTARY By Roger Barbee: Data and Intelligence, an Educator’s View

It’s an old scam. Let’s not cross that river.

by Roger Barbee/ September 21, 2026/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Hardly a Friend of Higher Ed, This Ohio Republican Sees Shared Governance as “Garbage”

"DEI is, as I define it, institutional discrimination. It’s that simple, and it was perpetrated in different ways at different …

by Future U/ September 11, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: How to Ensure that Competitive Public Research Funding Decisions are Expert-led and Democratic

"We must defend academic freedom and work toward a future where knowledge generation is for the common good."

by Future U/ September 10, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Trust that Sec. McMahon Has the Best Interests of Higher Ed at Heart? C’mon!

"Coercion is coercion, even if it’s not explicit."

by Future U/ September 7, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Trump Has Allies in His War on Higher Education, Meet Harmeet Dhillon

"She has filed federal lawsuits to get Social Security & drivers’ license data from states. Her record: 0-23."

by Future U/ September 4, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Dartmouth Alum and Former Trustee: Our School President “Has Turned Dartmouth Into a Trumpy Academic Outpost”

"Were it not for FDR and Churchill, Dartmouth might now be teaching Nazi versions of history, science, and everything else."

by Future U/ September 3, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives/

COMMENTARY by B.M. Ryan: A Prophecy from the Pen

"The world has become increasingly legible while the individual has become increasingly obscure."

by B.M. Ryan/ September 2, 2026/ Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: “Progress” Is a Word That Describes the Evolution of Many Industries and Sectors. Higher Education is Not One of Them

Technological advances have been a primary driver in many fields/sectors. That's not so in higher education, institutionally.

by Future U/ September 1, 2026/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Higher Ed Seems to Respond to Challenges “With More Processes, Policies, Reporting Structures, Committees, Administrative Positions/Titles … More Bureaucracy”

"Over time, systems became systems designed to protect institutions."

by Future U/ August 27, 2026/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Podcast, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Why Black Faculty Members Are Leaving Academe and What Can Be Done to Stem the Outflow?

"We need to challenge higher ed policies and practices that facilitate the need for faculty of color to leave academia."

by Future U/ August 22, 2026/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The Trump Administration Is Rewriting American History for Partisan Purposes

"The Trump attack on history would hollow out the institutions and recordkeeping that enable historical research while undermining existing scholarship."

by Future U/ August 17, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Context and Subtext Associated with Jason Arday’s Death

"A public firestorm over Mr. Arday erupted after a blog post accused him of plagiarism and embellishing his personal story."

by Future U/ August 16, 2026/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Commentary by Ross B. Emmett: “Tolerance Isn’t Exciting, But It’s Necessary”

"Intellectual freedom entails the responsibility to discern and make judgments about truth. But by what standards?"

by Future U/ August 14, 2026/ Education, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society, Teaching/

PERSPECTIVES: Michigan’s Public Universities Say They Comply with the State’s Open Meetings Act, But Do They?

"Michigan’s Open Meetings Act was “clearly written to include university boards” (with exceptions, e.g., litigation matters)."

by Future U/ August 13, 2026/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “As a Country, It Feels That We’re Losing the Point of College”

"Students and administrators treat colleges (even elite universities) as a catapult to a “good job” above all else."

by Future U/ August 12, 2026/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

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