Public Higher Ed Archives

NEWS BRIEFS: U of Houston to Faculty, “Sign This Pledge Not to Indoctrinate Your Students”

"UH Chancellor Renu Khator stated, in part, 'Our guiding principle is to teach , not to indoctrinate them.'

by Future U/ February 9, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"Modern authoritarian attack higher education institutions as part of their larger agenda to undermine democracy."

by Future U/ February 8, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Said Trustee Mike Balow-R to the Detroit News: "I'm not even sure that's legal."

by Future U/ February 7, 2026/ Neoliberalism, Public Higher Ed, Society/

AAUP: "Oklahoma has sent a deeply troubling message that academic freedom is no longer valued as a core public good."

by Future U/ February 6, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"Hypernormalization a sign that a fault-line has opened beyond a critical limit. Higher education is now palliative care."

by Adrian Lenardic/ February 5, 2026/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

"Texas A&M University censored 200+courses, including texts by Plato and fictional texts featuring LGBTQ protagonists/themes."

by Future U/ February 4, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Belle Boggs, UNC's AAUP said adopting the proposal will make it possible to "manipulate what is taught in classrooms"

by Future U/ February 2, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PEN America, a free speech advocate: "Another example of the dangerous pattern of censorship across Texas universities.”

by Future U/ January 31, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"Well-resourced and prestigious small colleges are less exposed in almost every way to the crises that higher ed faces."

by Future U/ January 29, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"Texas and Florida have recently ended their reliance on the American Bar Assoc as the accrediting agency of their law …

by Future U/ January 28, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

Jameel Jaffer, Knight First Amendment Institute: "Rubio and Noem knew the policy was unconstitutional. They just didn’t care.”

by Future U/ January 26, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"Senate & House Appropriations committees propose allocating $79B in discretionary funding; the Administration proposed $67B."

by Future U/ January 21, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Under Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) and the Trump administration, Republicans moved forcefully in the last year to undo VMI's DEI."

by Future U/ January 19, 2026/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

A removed Board member previously wrote in a message, UVA needs "to move decisively to ban DEI and all forms …

by Future U/ January 18, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Lex Zhao: "Trump’s policies are “driving foreign talent away, into the arms of more welcoming nations—even those hostile to us."

by Future U/ January 16, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/