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PERSPECTIVES: “Gutted,” Word Used to Describe Impact of Federal Funding Cuts on Michigan-Based Research Projects

"Beyond NIH cuts, MSU projects it may lose $32 million out of $165 million in Department of Energy research grants."
by Future U/ May 8, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: U of Florida Prof, “Take it From Someone Who Knows: It Could Get Worse — Far Worse”

"I love my university and my students. I have no desire to indoctrinate anyone. The same is true of my …
by Future U/ May 7, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Dismantling U Michigan’s DEI Office/Programs Yields Benefits for Ono

UM alum Lisa Barney on mismanteling DEI: "UM is supposed to be the home of leaders and best. I am …
by Future U/ May 5, 2025/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

VIDEO: Chris Rufo Sharpens His Attack on Higher Education

From the May 1, 2025, edition of PBS NewsHour with host Amna Nawaz. 
by Future U/ May 2, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society, Video/

FUTUREU FORUM with MICHAEL GAVIN: “The New White Nationalism in Politics and Higher Education”

Dr. Gavin's forum will be posted on FutureU in early June.
by Future U/ April 30, 2025/ FutureU Forum, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

VIDEO: Former Purdue President, “Cautious About Using Government to Reform Higher Ed”

From the April 28 edition of MSNBC's Squak Box.
by Future U/ April 29, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society, Video/

COMMENTARY by William E. Connolly: Neoliberal Fascism On Display in America Today

"The urgent task today is to expose this nexus and its plan at every turn."
by Future U/ April 25, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Majority of Political Scientists Surveyed Believe U.S. is Sliding From a Liberal Democracy to Authoritarianism

Steven Levitsky, government prof, Harvard Univ: "It is certainly reversible, but we are no longer living in a liberal democracy."
by Future U/ April 24, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Surprised? Shouldn’t Be. Trump Administration Moves Against Higher Education Are Familiar

"Michigan State Prof Brendan Cantwell said the influence of Project 2025 and the other outlines is undeniable."
by Future U/ April 21, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

COMMENTARY: “Trump Administration is Trafficking a Grand (and False) Narrative About American Intellectuals”

"If present history is to change, then the stories have to change."
by Future U/ April 20, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Trump’s War on Higher Education “Threatens the Long-Standing Partnership Between Federal Government and Higher Education”

"(funding) cuts don’t follow typical investigative process, and sometimes lack clear explanations and legal justifications."
by Future U/ April 18, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Panel of Experts? Focus on Antisemitism? No Chance with Trump’s Antisemitism Task Force, It’s a Tool in Trump’s War on Higher Ed

"The task force doesn’t plan to take its foot off the gas any time soon, recent public statements suggest."
by Future U/ April 16, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

VIDEO: Harvard Says No to Trump, “Unquestionable Violation of First Amendment Rights”

"This is what authoritarianism looks like."
by Future U/ April 15, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society, Video/

PERSPECTIVES: Trump’s “Prestige University/Blue State” Extortion Strategy

"Trump railed against institutions of higher education on the campaign trailas “woke” and vowing a crack down."
by Future U/ April 11, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Student Visas Are Being Revoked Nationwide

Elora Mukherjee, Columbia Law School: “Immigration policy is driven by xenophobia, white nationalism, and racism.”
by Future U/ April 10, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
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