COMMENTARY with VIDEO: What Makes Higher Education “Higher”?
"The short video is one example of what enables education to bear the audacious label, HIGHER."
Society Archive
Commentary on the Michigan State Situation: “Spartan Ventures Merited Intense Scrutiny from the Board”
Headline, Detroit News: "Board meddling didn't cost Michigan State its president"
June 20, 2026/
Higher Ed, MSU, Neoliberalism, Public Higher Ed, Society/
REMEMBRANCE: We are Educators, and Why We Are … Well, Read On ….
I taught him years ago. Years later, Jim opened the door and walked into my life again.
June 19, 2026/
Education, Perspectives, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: AAUP Takes Action Because “What Happens in Texas Does Not Stay in Texas”
"In Texas, there is systematic, statewide political interference that can’t be adequately addressed on a case-by-case basis.”
June 10, 2026/
Fascist Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: More Academic Repression, This Time At Auburn
Prof Elijah Gaddis: Campas morale “is as low as it’s ever been” after a year of “attacks on faculty and …
June 9, 2026/
Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: Full Court Press at Michigan State, “We Love Ken!”
Alternative, including, dissenting voices don't count.
June 8, 2026/
Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: “Imposition” is the Appropriate Replacement Term to Describe U of Iowa’s Misnamed Center for Intellectual “Freedom”
"The center is part of a Republican push to balance what they view as overwhelmingly liberal viewpoints in public higher …
June 6, 2026/
Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: MI State Senator Calls Out MSU Board for its Suppression of Free Speech Policy
"Universities exist for the pursuit of truth, which often comes with debate, disagreement and conflict."
June 3, 2026/
MSU, Public Higher Ed, Society/
COMMENTARY by B.M. Ryan: Where Things Fit: Rethinking Sartre in a Modern World
"Modern social systems are reflexive: people adjust their behavior in response to how they are interpreted."
May 31, 2026/
Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Trump Targeting of Higher Education, “A Fight That Often Seems Personal”
The Trump Administration has leveraged government authority in unprecidented ways.
May 23, 2026/
Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: Texas Public Higher Education Now Makes It Easier to Chop Positions and Units
"The UT System also adopted new restrictions on teaching topics deemed “controversial” or “contested.”
May 22, 2026/
Fascist Neoliberalism, Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Meddling in MSU Affairs? “We Strongly Disagree” and Here’s Why
"The athletic department of MSU is not a stand-alone entity, and neither are Spartan Ventures and Spartan Media Ventures."
May 19, 2026/
Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: State Seeks to Dismiss Sexual Abuse Allegations at Ohio State
"Ohio AG claims 43 of the cases should be dismissed because the alleged abuse happened before Oct. 21, 1986."
May 14, 2026/
News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society, Video/
COMMENTARY BY Roger Barbee: Today, Yet Another Time for Athlete Activism
"It’s about politics, you say, not about athletics. Think again."
May 11, 2026/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: SC State U Cancels Grad Address of Trump-Supporting Gubernatorial Candidate
SC State President: “Our students exercised their rights in a manner that reflects respectful discourse in a university community."
May 9, 2026/
Fascist Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/