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NEWS BRIEFS: Broad-Based Federal-Level Student Debt Relief? Situation is Iffy

Prof Jiménez, UC Irvine: “Feds erased more debt (in '23) than has ever been erased," (but) "there's more to do.”

by Future U/ December 18, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Is Scholar-Activism Contributing to Campus Anti-Semitism?

'Nowhere are the dangers of scholar activism more clearly on display than in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."

by Future U/ December 14, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Students Hope for MSU? “I Hope in the Future We’re Not in the News A Lot.”

"Civil engineering junior Emily Schoepke hopes Guskiewicz won’t shy away from having difficult conversations with students."

by Future U/ December 13, 2023/ Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Two Statements Published in ACADEME BLOG Speak Truth to the Situation at the University of Pennsylvania

"Scholarly inquiry is precisely what is needed to serve the public good in a democratic society."

by Future U/ December 11, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society, Video/

PERSPECTIVES: There’s an Overemphasis on “Freedom” in Academic Freedom

"This interpretation of “academic freedom” is the one presented at the AAUP annual meeting in 1915."

by Future U/ December 7, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: College Football Playoff and Bowl Teams Announced Today In What Has Become A BIG Money Business

The big money in college sports doesn't threaten the historic purpose of intercollegiate athletics; it has corrupted it.

by Future U/ December 3, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

FUTUREU FORUM, VIDEO AND PODCAST: Protecting/Advancing the Liberal Arts with Professor Christopher A. Snyder

The video and audio-only versions from November 29, 2023, are available here.

by Future U/ November 27, 2023/ Audio, FutureU Forum, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Podcast, Video/

FUTUREU FORUM: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, Professor Christopher A. Snyder on “The Principles of a Liberal Arts Education”

November 24, Noon, Eastern & 11 a.m. Central Time

by Future U/ November 22, 2023/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Podcast, Public Higher Ed, Video/

PERSPECTIVES: Univ of Michigan, The Newest Storyline Associated with the Sorry State of Institutional Integrity

"The Big Ten's rules 'could not be clearer' when it comes to the commissioner's authority to act."

by Future U/ November 11, 2023/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Five Faces, Five Legacies: Impact of Faculty Position Cuts at West Virginia University

"Faculty cutbacks save the university cash, but cost the state in deeper ways."

by Future U/ November 10, 2023/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVE: Why the Humanities Are No Longer a Higher Education Centerpiece

"The humanities once mattered. Better to be the subject of political debate than to be marginalized or dismissed as irrelevant." …

by Future U/ November 8, 2023/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: A Corporate-Style Approach to Selecting College/University Presidents

Two institutions–Purdue last year and Nova Southeastern this year–tabbed new presidents via a corporate-style promote-from-within approach. Proponents argue that the …

by Future U/ November 6, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Questions Raised About MSU’s Presidential Search

"MSU's presidential search has largely been done in secret: Why that matters."

by Future U/ November 5, 2023/ MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Academic Philanthropy Shouldn’t Include Pulling Strings, But Does It?

"Some megadonors are outraged over institutions’ responses to the Israel-Hamas war."

by Future U/ November 4, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Why Universities Should Not Take Sides in War

"A university must 'sustain an extraordinary environment of freedom of inquiry' and a consistent 'independence from political fashions, passions, and …

by Future U/ October 31, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/