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PERSPECTIVES: Critique of KU’s National Ranking Decline Blends Neoliberal and Legacy Perspectives

David Awbrey: There is little interest "in teaching what Matthew Arnold called 'the best that has been known and thought.'”

by Future U/ April 24, 2026/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

COMMENTARY: Diversity and Meritocracy Can (and Should) Go Hand-in-Hand

"We can find ways to do both in a way that works for more people than you think."

by Future U/ April 19, 2026/ Education, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: NIH Funded, Then De-Funded, My Grant Claiming My Work Was “Non-Scientific, Amorphous, and Antithetical to Scientific Inquiry”

When science is insufficient: Scientists must also safeguard academic freedom and protect themselves from viewpoint discrimination.

by Future U/ April 12, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

COMMENTARY: The State of Florida Hates Sociology

"Sociology is radical and woke. We want our students to return to the basics."

by Future U/ April 8, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: “To Use Universities in This Way is a Betrayal of the Enlightenment Values that Make Universities Humane Institutions”

Change requires people "connecting to their emotional being (the part that stands appalled) and declaring, "NO! Enough!"

by Future U/ April 7, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

BOOK REVIEW: “Terms of Respect: How Colleges Get Free Speech Right,” by Christopher L. Eisgruber (Basic Books, 2025)

The book "seeks not to persuade readers to act as to reassure them that everything on college campuses is ok."

by Future U/ April 1, 2026/ Book Review, Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: “Nothing to See Here?” Hardly. A Commentary on “The DEI Debacle” in Higher Education

"Today’s higher ed leaders are eradicating DEI in ways that will hobble equity and justice work for years to come."

by Future U/ March 23, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PODCAST: Commentary on Trump’s Esculating War on Higher Education

From The New York Times

by Future U/ March 22, 2026/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Podcast, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Let’s Face It, There Are Higher Education Administrators Who Are Using Trump as a Shield to Do the Nasty on Their Own Campuses

The enemy from within mirrors Washington's authoritarian behavior.

by Future U/ March 7, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Video/

PERSPECTIVES: U.S. Defense Department is Now The Department of War, and “Woke” Higher Education is in the Crosshairs

A Feb. 27 memo listed 24 “potential new DOW partner institutions, including UMich, UNC, Virginia Tech, Hillsdale, and Liberty."

by Future U/ March 6, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Trump’s Higher Ed Gameplan Looks Similar to What Orbán Is Doing in Hungary

Hofstra's Susan Poser:: "Private boards may support pushing back, but public presidents face possible termination for speaking up."

by Future U/ February 27, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Public Higher Ed Is Being Refashioned in “Red States” to Align with Trump’s Political Agenda

"Whether legislative and gubernatorial intrusions into the operations of public colleges make for better policies is questionable."

by Future U/ February 26, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Higher Education Has Faced Fascist Prospects Before, It is Facing It Again

"There is a long tradition in higher education of teaching responsible and engaged citizenship."

by Future U/ February 25, 2026/ Classical Liberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: AAUP Condemns Course Cancellations at Texas A&M

AAUP President Todd Wolfson: It is "an academic absurdity and a textbook violation of academic freedom.”

by Future U/ February 18, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Or Else,” Professor Told to Remove Certain Words from Syllabus or Have His Course Canceled

Isaac Kamola, Trinity College: “Everybody is walking on eggshells, and what you get is the opposite of free speech.”

by Future U/ February 17, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/