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COMMENTARY by Frank Bruni: “The Corpus of College Lumbers On, But Some of Its Soul is Missing”

"Under Trump, blunt materialism reigns, and human rights, diplomacy and democracy are suspect, the preoccupation of idealistic chumps. Do anthropology, …
by Future U/ July 14, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: DOJ ‘Fear-Mongering’ Extends to Higher Ed

Peter McDonough, ACE: "Up until now I don’t have a sense that (DOJ) has been intentionally weaponized for political purposes.” …
by Future U/ July 13, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

COMMENTARY by Adrian Lenardic and Johnny Seales, “Why Write?”

"The driver is the creep in education (e.g., productivity, institutional attention), but our core values are NOT about those things."
by Adrian Lenardic Johnny Seales/ July 12, 2025/ Education, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Michigan State Will No Longer Include DEI Statements in Hiring Material and Practices, Employee Evaluations, and Promotion Reviews

"The change comes as other universities across the country make DEI adjustments in response to new federal government policies."
by Future U/ July 11, 2025/ MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Fear that More Is In Store Beyond UVA

"This administration (Trump's) will not stop with UVA."
by Future U/ July 9, 2025/ Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Rep. Walberg (R-MI), U.S. Budget Will Enable “Significant Conservative Reforms to Higher Ed”

ACE: (the budget) combines major tax changes with deep cuts that will have negative consequences for campuses & students.” 
by Future U/ July 7, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: In Florida and Elsewhere, “It’s Not Just a Battle. It’s an All-Out War Against the Traditional Nnorms of Academia”

"'Lefties' indoctrinating students? The DeSantis administration is 100% guilty of attempting to indoctrinate students."
by Future U/ July 6, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Federal Budget “Will Change Who Gets to Attend College and How They Pay for It”

Charles Welch, president, American Assoc of State Colleges and Univ: "Eliminate executive overreach."
by Future U/ July 4, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Trump-Related Think Tank Files Complaint Against Cornell U

Cornell University: The University is "deeply disturbed by personal attacks leveled against our faculty members.”
by Future U/ July 3, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Trump Accelerates Attack on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Jeremy Young, PEN America: “It launches investigations into universities for merely having a DEI office or promoting DEI."
by Future U/ July 2, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Indiana U Capitulates to Conservatives’ View of What College Is For

'The cuts also come after a new Board of Trustees majority, aligned with Indiana’s Republican Gov. Mike Braun."
by Future U/ July 1, 2025/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

COMMENTARY: Why Did Vance Call Higher Ed, “The Enemy of the People?” Here’s a Big Reason Why

"Athenians sentenced Socrates to death because he sought to question and doubt. But they couldn't keep his wisdom from spreading."
by Future U/ June 28, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society, Video/

NEWS BRIEFS: DeSantis and Other Southern Governors Create New Higher Ed Body to Counter “Woke Accreditation”

Florida's DeSantis: "It will upend the monopoly of the woke accreditation cartels."
by Future U/ June 27, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: State of Florida Continues Culture War on Higher Ed, In One Week State Board Appoints Three Political Cronies As Presidents of Florida Public Universities

Search firm insider: Looks like “a governor who wants to be able to get his people into plum presidential jobs.”
by Future U/ June 23, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

COMMENTARY by Roger Barbee: The Segregationist and the Historian

"How important it is to be recorded as being on the right side of historical events."
by Roger Barbee/ June 22, 2025/ Perspectives, Society/
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