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PERSPECTIVES: New Academic Book Sheds Light on Trump’s Political Underpinnings and Approach

Rauch, in "The Atlantic": "Corruption is patrimonialism’s Achilles’ heel because the public understands it and doesn’t like it."
by Future U/ March 21, 2025/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “It Is An Attack on the Conditions that Allow Free Thought to Exist”

Christopher Rufo on strategy: Use financial pressure to force schools to dismantle programs, and reshape hiring and curriculums."
by Future U/ March 19, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Feds Deliver Profoundly Troubling “If, Then” Proposition to Columbia U

Jean Howard, executive committee, CU chapter, AAUP: "We are in a state of shock and disbelief."
by Future U/ March 17, 2025/ Perspectives, Society/

COMMENTARY: “Academic Freedom and the Duty to Resist”

"How to (function) with executive orders banning banning discussions of structural racism, unconscious bias, and gender?"
by Future U/ March 11, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

COMMENTARY by Aaron Delgaty: On Degrees of “Value”

The real measure of a degree’s worth lies not just in the job it leads to but in broader perspectives …
by Aaron Delgaty/ March 6, 2025/ Education, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The Rightwing Takes Aim at Higher Education, “We Are Like Sitting Ducks”

Bethany Letiecq: "Going after your scholarship is a powerful tactic they are using to silence faculty.”
by Future U/ March 3, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

FUTUREU FORUM (VIDEO): Peters and Letiecq on Authoritarianism and Higher Education in America’s Political Crisis

Cover photo courtesy The Chronicle of Higher Education
by Future U/ March 2, 2025/ FutureU Forum, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

COMMENTARY By J.W. Traphagan: Why We Need Language Instruction in Higher Education

"As administrators cut programs to save money, they need to think about the purpose of education in a democratic society."
by John Traphagan/ March 1, 2025/ Education, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

FUTUREU FORUM (VIDEO): Mejias and Kaiser on GenAI & Academic Integrity in Higher Education

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by Future U/ February 28, 2025/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Gubernatorial Overreach in New York State as Hochul Intervenes at CUNY

"Palestine studies has grown in response to campus protests after October attacks and Israel’s ensuing bombardment of Gaza."
by Future U/ February 27, 2025/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

COMMENTARY by Ulises A. Mejias: The Core of Gen-AI is Incompatible with Academic Integrity

By encouraging GenAI, we are directly undermining the principles we have been trying to instill in our students.
by Ulises A. Mejias/ February 26, 2025/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

COMMENTARY: Why the Trump Regime is Hellbent to Denigrate Higher Education

Broad-based knowledge and critical thought threatens any regime. Rather than target aspects of it, diminish it across the board.
by Future U/ February 24, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

COMMENTARY: “The Document’s Authoritarian Echoes are Hard to Ignore”

"Faculty in all fields reject political interference in the management of university curricula."
by Future U/ February 22, 2025/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Middle East Studies Association of North America Decries MIT Course Denial

"We call on MIT to publicly and forcefully reiterate its commitment to the principles of academic freedom."
by Future U/ February 21, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

COMMENTARY: MSU Prof Analyzes Super Bowl Halftime Performances

"Kendrick Lamar’s artistry is more than just music. It’s activism."
by Future U/ February 10, 2025/ Perspectives, Society/
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