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PERSPECTIVES: “The Fight for Higher Education Must Be a Fight for the Library as Well”

'The project for those of us committed to the freedom of expression is to intervene when we see public institutions …
by Future U/ May 4, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Rocky Road from Community Colleges to Four-Year Schools?

National Student Clearinghouse: 1 in 7 students starting community college in 2016 earned a bachelor’s degree within six years.
by Future U/ May 3, 2023/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Five Professors Are Latest Casualties in Florida’s Culture War

AAUP: "Academic freedom, shared governance, and respect for mutually-approved procedures have been thrown under the bus."
by Future U/ May 1, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Navigating the Professional World Without a College Degree

"The real power of education...looking up my educational background and wondering what right I had to be there."
by Future U/ April 30, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: So Mr. Brown Says, “DEI is Dead” ….

The confusing and problematic message makes sense. (Spoiler alert: Consider the messenger.)
by Roger Barbee/ April 29, 2023/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “ESG” Funds Turning Out of Favor?

Nearly half of U.S. states have either barred or are seeking to bar investing state-run investment in ESG-related funds.
by Future U/ April 28, 2023/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Community Engagement with Impact in a City (Flint, MI) That Needs It

"Rx Kids is a collaboration among Michigan State Univ., Univ. of Michigan, and the Flint-based Charles Stewart Mott Foundation."
by Future U/ April 23, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: We Need Educators Who Are Moral Leaders

Some teachers find it easier to keep the status quo as many politicians do. After all, the status quo puts …
by Roger Barbee/ April 18, 2023/ Education, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVE: Rightwing Incursion Continues in FL Public Higher Ed, Women’s Studies, Other Foci in Jeopardy

Irene Mulvey, AAUP president: "The fields...enrich academia, civilization, and are being dragged into the culture wars."
by Future U/ April 16, 2023/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

COMMENTARY by Adrian Lenardic: Raging Against The Mythical Figure Who Keeps Us Down (Not)

"We can move toward the self-realization that we are the system. If we rage, we rage against ourselves, against our …
by Adrian Lenardic/ April 15, 2023/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Eisenhower’s 1961 Warning, “Be Wary of the Military-Industrial Complex,” … Add Higher Ed to the Mix

"More scientists and engineers will be encouraged to conduct military-related research rather than work in more peaceable fields."
by Future U/ April 14, 2023/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

Higher Education, From Doing Its Thing Without Interference to Watched Like a Hawk and Blamed for Everything

It's damned if you do, damned if you don't.
by Future U/ April 12, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: To Date, Over Thirty DEI-Restriction Bills Have Been Introduced in Eighteen States

College and university Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts are under attack nationally.
by Future U/ April 10, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Culture War Comes to Women’s College Basketball

It was about a hand gesture and a lot more.
by Future U/ April 8, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Perspectives, Society/

Point/Counterpoint: Firearms and University Endowment Investments

"ReclaimMSU would like to see MSU publicly commit to not make any direct/indirect investments in the firearms industry."
by Future U/ April 7, 2023/ Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives, Society/
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