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PERSPECTIVES: Philosopher says, “Humanists Do Not Know the Value of the Thing They are Trying to Defend”

Professor Callard: "We (humanists) Are irresistable" if "we allow our humanistic spirit to flow."

by Future U/ February 29, 2024/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: On the Cornerstone Values of Higher Education

From Inside Higher Education: "Now more than ever, we need to affirm what a university stands for, Dan Edelstein writes."

by Future U/ February 28, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Battle to Control Higher Education Nothing New, AAUP President Says

Mulvey: "Egregious violations of academic freedom are a call to action for faculty and enlightened administrators."

by Future U/ February 27, 2024/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Is IU Turmoil About Free Speech And/Or “Something Else?”

Prof Micol Siegel said "events of recent months are pieces of a more significant issue, expressing a general pessimism in …

by Future U/ February 26, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Couldn’t Do It In Her Campus Job, So She Resigned

President Richardson: “It's challenging to speak in one’s personal voice /when/ the role is to speak on behalf of the …

by Future U/ February 25, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

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/