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COMMENTARY by B.M. Ryan: The War on Free Speech: From College Campuses to the PGA Tour

"University administrators, protected by the doctrine of qualified immunity, can silence dissent without consequence."

by B.M. Ryan/ March 24, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

"Patrimonialism teaches subordinates that their only hope of security lies in the patronage of the boss or the landlord."

by Future U/ March 23, 2025/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"It is the greatest threat to American universities since the Red Scare of the 1950s. Every American should be concerned."

by Future U/ March 22, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

"Nixon said fifty-five years ago that professors are the enemy." (audience applauds)

by Future U/ March 22, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

Rauch, in "The Atlantic": "Corruption is patrimonialism’s Achilles’ heel because the public understands it and doesn’t like it."

by Future U/ March 21, 2025/ Perspectives, Society/

Christopher Rufo on strategy: Use financial pressure to force schools to dismantle programs, and reshape hiring and curriculums."

by Future U/ March 19, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

Jean Howard, executive committee, CU chapter, AAUP: "We are in a state of shock and disbelief."

by Future U/ March 17, 2025/ Perspectives, Society/

"How to (function) with executive orders banning banning discussions of structural racism, unconscious bias, and gender?"

by Future U/ March 11, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

The real measure of a degree’s worth lies not just in the job it leads to but in broader perspectives …

by Aaron Delgaty/ March 6, 2025/ Education, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

Bethany Letiecq: "Going after your scholarship is a powerful tactic they are using to silence faculty.”

by Future U/ March 3, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Cover photo courtesy The Chronicle of Higher Education

by Future U/ March 2, 2025/ FutureU Forum, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

"As administrators cut programs to save money, they need to think about the purpose of education in a democratic society."

by John Traphagan/ March 1, 2025/ Education, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Forum from February 18, 2025

by Future U/ February 28, 2025/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

"Palestine studies has grown in response to campus protests after October attacks and Israel’s ensuing bombardment of Gaza."

by Future U/ February 27, 2025/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

By encouraging GenAI, we are directly undermining the principles we have been trying to instill in our students.

by Ulises A. Mejias/ February 26, 2025/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/