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PERSPECTIVES: “Dialogue, You Say?” Sure, If You Redefine What It Means … And That’s What Happened

(Kirk's approach) "was not what I would call a model for college-level discourse."
by Future U/ October 26, 2025/ Education, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

FUTUREU VIDEO: 10th Anniversary Video on Neoliberalism and Higher Education

'Higher Education is under assault and we must defend it if the institution vital to democratic civil society is to …
by Future U/ October 24, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society, Video/

FUTUREU VIDEO: Rubén Martinez on “Silence is Not a Strategy!”

"All of us must step up"!
by Future U/ October 23, 2025/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society, Video/

FUTUREU VIDEO: Adrian Lenardic on “What Is a University For?”

'Neoliberalism opened the door to what we're experiencing now politically."
by Future U/ October 22, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society, Video/

FUTUREU VIDEO: Frank Fear on the Authoritarian Takeover of American Higher Education

"Higher education is in the throes of a government sponsored authoritarian-inspired takeover."
by Future U/ October 21, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Student Newspaper Debacle at Indiana University Speaks Volumes about the IU Administration

"Too many (schools) are abandoning higher education’s traditional commitment to free and independent journalistic voices."
by Future U/ October 17, 2025/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

FUTUREU FORUM: A Decade of Discussions on Neoliberalism and Higher Education

Higher education is under assault It must defend its values/practices if its autonomy and academic freedom are to survive.
by Future U/ October 14, 2025/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Let Me Count the Ways” AKA Trump’s Crackdown on Higher Education

"Republicans accuse academics of indoctrinating youth (while) Trump claims campuses have been 'infested with radicalism.'"
by Future U/ October 13, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Being a Professor These Days … “One Clumsy Sentence and You’re a Trending Target”

"The safest classroom is the quietest one. But safety is a coffin; silence is death. The only way forward is …
by Future U/ October 5, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Our Institutions Must Reclaim Higher Education for the Common Good”

Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize laureate: "If you do not hold the line, you will only get weaker over time."
by Future U/ October 4, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

COMMENTARY by Roger Barbee: “Orwell: 2+2=5” Has Grabbed America’s Attention

"Watching should be secondary to reading for intellectual gain, but in today's America, entertainment trumps acumen."
by Roger Barbee/ October 2, 2025/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Calling the Kettle “Kirk”

"Civility sets a higher bar."
by Future U/ September 29, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Teaching/

PERSPECTIVES: Trump’s Executive Order Seeks to Disable Dissent

"It augurs the worst crackdown on political dissent in generations, targeting dissent & the groups that enable dissent."
by Future U/ September 28, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Reflexive Learning and Application, A Recipe for Higher Ed Response in These Tumultuous Times

"Universities are facing crucial, even existential, questions."
by Future U/ September 27, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: “When the State Chooses Whom to Grieve, It Teaches Whose Humanity is Recognized”

"His words were not harmless. They were a politics of dehumanization, amplified daily through platforms that rewarded outrage."
by Future U/ September 22, 2025/ Perspectives, Society/
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