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FUTUREU AUDIOCAST: Austerity, Political Repression, and the Attack on Academic Freedom with Ellen Schrecker and Jennifer Ruth

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by Future U/ August 19, 2023/ Audio, FutureU Forum, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Alumna Says WVU Financial Crisis, Result of “Mismanagement, Lack of Transparency, and Failure to Recognize the Power of Higher Ed in Transforming Lives”

"People outside the state need to realize the degree to which the WVU administration played an active role." 
by Future U/ August 18, 2023/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

FUTUREU FORUM: Friday, August 18, LIVE with Dr. Ellen Schrecker, “Will the University Survive? Austerity, Political Repression, and the Attack on Academic Freedom”

Friday, August 18, 11a Eastern Time.
by Future U/ August 17, 2023/ FutureU Forum, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society, Video/

COMMENTARY: Public Universities Need to Stop Creating Spectacular Campuses and Focus on Education

"The agenda is sales, and I can think of few things more contrary to the purpose and mission of a …
by John Traphagan/ August 16, 2023/ Education, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

COMMENTARY: Intellectuals Have an Obligation to Speak Out

"It’s not just a good idea for intellectuals to speak out on issues—they have an obligation to do so."
by John Traphagan/ August 15, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

FUTUREU FORUM YOUTUBE: Kirsty Morrin on Entrepreneurship

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by Future U/ August 12, 2023/ Education, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: From College to University for Marketplace Reasons?

UCLA professor Ozan Jaquette: "The death rates were certainly lower for colleges that changed their names to ‘university,’”
by Future U/ August 10, 2023/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

FUTUREU FORUM, Thursday, August 10, LIVE with Dr. Kirsty Morrin, “Against Entrepreneurship”

Thursday, August 10, 1:30p, Eastern Time
by Future U/ August 9, 2023/ FutureU Forum, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Private Higher Education Faces An Obligation with Many Public Institutions Muzzled Regarding DEI

"Institutions that don’t fulfill this vision do their students a profound disservice."
by Future U/ August 8, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Attacks on Higher Education Are Attacks on Democracy

"Public universities are bellwethers for the health of our democracy. To see them eroded is to see American democracy eroded."
by Future U/ August 7, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

COMMENTARY: Shame on the College Football Industry

"Schools jumped conferences for one reason only--to get a bigger slice of the media money pie.
by Frank Fear/ August 6, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Altered Focus Permeates Today’s Undergraduate Education

"Let’s demand that our institutions take steps to raise the quality of an undergraduate education."
by Future U/ August 4, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Scramble for Bigger Media Payouts is Unsettling Major College Athletics

"The latest phase of greedy mayhem left the Pac-12 dangling, jeopardizing the identity of football on the West Coast."
by Future U/ August 2, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: “Ongoing Assaults on Academic Freedom Threaten Higher Education’s Mission”

"Academic freedom is a core American value. We must defend it — unequivocally and without exception."
by Future U/ August 1, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Legacy Admissions Seem On the Way Out, But Something Broader and Deeper Remains

Ok for schools to discriminate in favor of white students but efforts to diversify the student body are not.
by Future U/ July 31, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/
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