PERSPECTIVES: How/Why Calvin’s Center for Social Research Became a “Legal Entity” Independent of the University
The provost asked her two questions: “Had (she) been married to a woman since the fall of 2021, and had …
Society Archive
NEWS BRIEFS: “We Ain’t Woke. We’re Conservative!”
"How to Be an Antiracist" in a course syllabus was seen as promoting Critical Race Theory.
NEWS BRIEFS: Florida’s Dept of Ed Bans Math Textbooks, Critical Race Theory Among Reasons
From CNN: “The Florida Department of Education announced Friday the state has rejected more than 50 math textbooks from next …
April 17, 2022/
Education, News Briefs, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: “English?! Who Needs English?”
Cuts at Purdue questioned.
April 16, 2022/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: The End of Neoliberalism?
Neoliberalism "was able to attract such strange bedfellows as Steve Jobs and Barry Goldwater, Ralph Nader and Ronald Reagan, and …
April 15, 2022/
Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Review of New Campus-Based Film, “Master”
"It is a tricky proposition to be "in" but not "of" an oppressive culture."
April 14, 2022/
Film review, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Larry Busch on “What Good is Higher Education?”
Keynote presentation, "Neoliberalism and Public Higher Education"
April 13, 2022/
Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society, Video/
PERSPECTIVES: Is “Institutional Complacency” the Reason for CMU’s Steep Enrollment Drop?
CMU's enrollment has dropped 12k students from 27k undergrads (2012) to 15k undergrads (2022).
April 11, 2022/
Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Universities and Political Stands
"The more closely one examines the history of the American university, the more clearly one sees that it has never …
April 1, 2022/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Education “As an Emancipatory Force Central to Politics”
"Right-wing extremists have redefined the notion of freedom by detaching it from any sense of the common good and ethical …
March 28, 2022/
Education, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Trump-Era Title IX Rule “Swings Pendulum Too Far”
A number of Title IX administrators and academics plan to press the federal government to reconsider the rule.
March 7, 2022/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: History Tells Us, Beware of the Military-Industrial-Academic Complex
"As more of physics research is funded by the military, it is important to learn the full history of our …
March 4, 2022/
Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Society/
FUTUREU Forum: Boundary Issues in the Commercialization of Revenue-Generating College Sports
The sports are moving farther away from their amateur roots, tenuously connected with their higher education host.
March 1, 2022/
Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society, Video/
NEWS BRIEFS: University of Chicago Leads the Way, New Department Created
Faculty-led effort leads to the establishment of a new department, the Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity.
February 24, 2022/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: We Filed a Lawsuit Against Princeton, Here’s Why
It's about the university's continued endowment nvestments in fossil fuel industries.
February 20, 2022/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/