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PERSPECTIVES: New Book Chronicles History of Conservative Backlash Against Higher Education

Resistance from the Right: Conservatives and the Campus Wars in Modern America (University of North Carolina Press, 2023), authored by …

by Future U/ February 18, 2024/ Book Review, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: U of Florida Faculty/Students Have Diverse Opinions About Legislative Action on Public Higher Education

William Maione, UF political science senior: “People should be free to explore a lot of different ideas."

by Future U/ February 17, 2024/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: AAUP Report Documents Political Assault on Florida Public Higher Education

American Association of University Professors: “Among the report’s key conclusions are that the unprecedented takeover of New College of Florida and …

by Future U/ February 13, 2024/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: English Departments on the Brink?

In The New York Review, Pace’s Sarah Blackwood describes a Draconian situation, growth with compression and the fight to survive. …

by Future U/ February 12, 2024/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Attack on Higher Education Affects Faculty Work

Mary Churchill, Boston University: “We’re in a time right now where higher ed is now seen as a tool in …

by Future U/ February 9, 2024/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: The Right’s War on K-16 Education

Conservative activist Christopher Rufo, speaking at Hillsdale College: “We defund things we don’t like, we fund things we do like.”

by Future U/ January 19, 2024/ Education, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: We’ll See More Efforts to Undermine Public Confidence in Higher Education

"Attacks on academic integrity are sure to continue."

by Future U/ January 15, 2024/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Higher Education as a Business (As Seen Two Decades Ago)

"The university sector has modernized; but modernity comes with a price."

by Future U/ January 14, 2024/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Full Story About College Presidents and Plagiarism Accusations

Institutions need to do a better job of screening academic credentials and have in place a policy for handling accusations.

by Future U/ January 12, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: One Reason Higher Education Is Under Assault

"The goal remains the same: to undermine academic freedom and the freedom to learn."

by Future U/ January 10, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: University of Michigan Anticipates Windfall from Winning the National Football Championship

Analyst: "You cannot buy the kind of publicity" the university is getting.

by Future U/ January 9, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Ousted University Presidents the Result of a “Raw Ideological Putsch”

The all-season sport: "Toppling high-powered leaders" to achieve partisan political objectives.

by Future U/ January 6, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: It’s a War “To Unravel Public Faith in the Pillars of American Society”

Claudine Gay: Higher education..."where courage and reason unite to advance truth, no matter what forces set against them."

by Future U/ January 5, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: New College, One Year Later

Beginning in January 2023, Gov. Ron DeSantis launched a hostile takeover of New College of Florida.

by Future U/ January 4, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Are Academics Fleeing Red States?

Michigan State's Cantwell: "“Faculty members are not tagged like migrating geese.”

by Future U/ January 3, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/