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PERSPECTIVES: Jump on the AI Bandwagon? Not So Fast! Big Questions Need Answering

"Now is the time faculty need to ask big questions, and not just jump on the AI bandwagon."
by Future U/ June 11, 2025/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Society/

COMMENTARY: Plea to UM Trustees, “Hire a President with Character”

David Brooks: "Embrace 'eulogy virtues' of honesty, compassion, courage over 'resumé virtues' of the marketplace."
by Future U/ June 10, 2025/ Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Trump Administration Seeks Political Cronies as Funding Gatekeepers

Joshua Gordon, former director, NIH. "It is crucial that politics be kept out of the scientific grant-making process.”
by Future U/ June 8, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: What Does U Florida / Santa Ono Do Now?

FL U.S. Representative Jimmy Patronis on X: "We need a leader, not a DEI acolyte. Leave the Ann Arbor thinking …
by Future U/ June 7, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Neoliberalism, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: An Outgoing President’s Take on What Higher Ed Needs to Do

“We need to make sure we’re constantly asking the right question of how we make the institution better.”
by Future U/ June 5, 2025/ Higher Ed, Society/

TRINITY’S MICHAEL ROTH: “The Idea that We are to Supposed to Conform to the Ideologies in The White House is Bad for the Country”

Interview with Margaret Brennan on CBS, Face the Nation, June 1, 2025.
by Future U/ June 3, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society, Video/

AUDIO From NPR: “Why Is The Trump Administration Throwing So Many Curveballs at Higher Ed?”

With Ari Shapiro as host.
by Future U/ June 2, 2025/ Audio, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

FUTUREU VIDEO: Michael Gavin on White Nationalism in Higher Education and Politics

Dr. Gavin is president of Delta College (MI).
by Future U/ June 1, 2025/ FutureU Forum, Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society, Video/

PERSPECTIVES: NSF Changes Threaten STEM Progress

Suzanne Ortega, Council of Grad Schools: "Distributing that money fairly & appropriately is going to be delayed if not impossible.” …
by Future U/ May 29, 2025/ Higher Ed, Society/

COMMENTARY by Steven Pinker: “To Cripple Institutions that Acquire and Transmit Knowledge is a Tragic Blunder and a Crime Against Future Generations.”

"The appropriate treatment is to diagnose which parts needing remedies, not to cut its carotid and watch it bleed out."
by Future U/ May 27, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: “You Will Not Be Missed,” Professor Parsons

Professor Graham Parsons: "In a matter of days, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point abandoned its core principles."
by Future U/ May 26, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Lyrics That Fit The Times

"Better save up your money, you’re not getting grants. Your DEI projects they don’t stand a chance."
by Future U/ May 25, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

COMMENTARY by Roger Barbee: “A Lesson from Crete, 1944”

"Minimizing the value of the liberal arts, including eliminating study opportunities, is new and frightening."
by Roger Barbee/ May 24, 2025/ Education, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “We Represent the Trustees, and You Have Come to Our Attention As Valuing Viewpoint Diversity”

"A leadership class that narrows the conversation too sharply should not be surprised when outsiders force the doors open."
by Future U/ May 19, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Survey Shows “Higher Ed is the Enemy” Theme Doesn’t Resonate with Most Americans

"Respondents also tend to disagree with Trump’s stance on initiatives that conservatives say fall under the DEI label."
by Future U/ May 18, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/
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