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NEWS BRIEFS: U of California Budget Challenges Compounded by Trump Administration Demands

"Is this 'the death knell" for America's top public university?"

by Future U/ August 22, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: What’s the Trump Administration Doing to Higher Ed? It’s ‘State Terrorism”

What higher ed is experiencing "is an elaborate exercise in political theater designed to spread fear, isolation, and division."

by Future U/ August 6, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVE: In the Face of Trump Emerges an Unlikely Source of Support for Higher Education

Erosion of academic freedom (per Simmons): "risks future founders, discoveries, and jobs to competitor countries,”

by Future U/ August 3, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Alum Letter to Columbia U’s President, “Perhaps Unwittingly You Harmed Me”

"Jews are being used for somebody else’s agenda, manipulated, no matter our objections, and this is blatantly antisemitic."

by Future U/ August 2, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Trump Administration Targets Higher Education, “Everything, Everywhere, All at Once”

“If you thought the current battles with your state legislature were bad, just wait for what’s to come in 2026.”

by Future U/ July 30, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Law Prof Says, “Getting Universities like Columbia to Make These Deals is Fundamentally Coercive”

Lynn Pasquerella, AACU: "Signals a rise in authoritarian populism in which higher education is positioned as the enemy."

by Future U/ July 27, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: On Students’ Rampant Use of ChatGPT: “It’s System Incentives, Stupid!”

"I hope everyone knows that not “everyone” is cheating their way through college."

by Future U/ July 25, 2025/ Education, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Disinformation Clouding Public Opinion on Higher Education Value

"Kneecapping (higher ed) by restricting/cutting off research funding is destructive and...plays into the hands of adversaries across the globe."

by Future U/ July 20, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Public Confidence in Higher Ed Rises In Face of Persistent Conservative Attacks and Policies

Those expressing little or no confidence in higher ed dropped 9% (to 23%) from last year's survey,

by Future U/ July 16, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

COMMENTARY by Derek Hollingsworth on Indiana University’s Program Cuts: “Bachelor of Science in English Education. That’s My Degree.”

"Your voice matters."

by Derek Hollingsworth/ July 15, 2025/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: In Florida and Elsewhere, “It’s Not Just a Battle. It’s an All-Out War Against the Traditional Nnorms of Academia”

"'Lefties' indoctrinating students? The DeSantis administration is 100% guilty of attempting to indoctrinate students."

by Future U/ July 6, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

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