Public Higher Ed Archive

VIDEO: Reclaiming Education from Corporate Capture

Featuring Jasmine Banks, Exec Director, UnKoch My Campus, and Prof Sharon Kirsch, co-founder, Save our Schools AZ.

by Future U/ October 10, 2021/ Education, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Presidential Controversy at U of Michigan, Schlissel Gives Board Date-Certain Departure

UM Board split on president's performance.

by Future U/ October 3, 2021/ Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Florida Legislature to Investigate “Diversity of Political Speech” on State’s 12 Public Campuses

An 'intellectual diversity assessment' will measure political speech tolerance across FL's public university system.

by Future U/ September 27, 2021/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Universities Are Not Static Places; They Live and Breathe, Grow and Change, and Reinvent Themselves with New Energy and Approaches.”

Rebecca M. Blank, Chancellor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, responds to criticism written about her institution.

by Future U/ September 26, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Elementary School to be Named Today After Former MSU Dean and Civil Rights Leader

Elaine Hardy in The State News: “Black people that lived in East Lansing and bought homes likely through white proxy-buyers, …

by Future U/ September 24, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Twenty States Sue U.S. Dept. of Ed, Seek to Overturn Interpretation that Gay and Transgender People are Protected Under Fed Law Banning Sex-Based Discrimination in Schools

"Led by TN, the states argue that the department's interpretation of Title IX runs afoul of federal law, regulatory processes, …

by Future U/ September 5, 2021/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: College Football Season Is Here. So Is The Wall Street Journal’s “Grid of Shame”

The 2021 version was released on Friday, and here is the conference by conference breakdown.

by Frank Fear/ September 4, 2021/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: State Funding Pattern for U.S. Doctoral/Research Universities, 2002-19 … Down

Negative numbers for all13 Big Ten public universities--from <1% at Rutgers to Michigan State's -12.6%

by Future U/ August 28, 2021/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Politics and Education

Do elected officials really think they can bury and erase this country’s racist histories with policies and lies?

by Ruben Martinez/ August 18, 2021/ Education, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: U Nebraska Regents to Vote Friday on Resolution to Ban Critical Race Theory

U Nebraska Regents in the national spotlight.

by Future U/ August 13, 2021/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Over 40% of America’s College Faculty are Part-Time Contingent Faculty … They are Earning Near Poverty-Level Salaries

Faculty members so classified outnumber tenured and tenure-track faculty combined (total=37%).

by Future U/ August 10, 2021/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

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