Perspectives Archives

COMMENTARY BY THE DRAKE GROUP: The Protect College Sports Act of 2026 Has “Too Many Flaws to Fix and a Not-So-Hidden Agenda”

"The legislation does not protect college sports, contrary to its misleading title and the NCAA's ad/lobbying campaign."

by Future U/ October 15, 2026/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Reading about the Cornell rape case, I searched a file cabinet of teaching sources I used during my forty-year career.

by Roger Barbee/ October 14, 2026/ Education, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Heaven help us if we finger the free market neoliberal that utopian right-wing think tanks dreamed of starting in the …

by Adrian Lenardic/ October 11, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

A self-help guide for rhose interested in increasing faculty voice and clout in institutional leadership.

by Future U/ September 30, 2026/ Audio, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

"Our society shifts the cost/burden of sexual violence onto victims to protect men."

by Future U/ September 28, 2026/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

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

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

"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/

"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/

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

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

"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/

"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/

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

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

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/

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

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

"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/