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NEWS BRIEFS: Why CUNY Faculty May Strike

Details from The Nation. Read more here.

by Future U/ December 19, 2020/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: University of Vermont Will Phase Out Programs in Arts & Letters College

Twelve of the College’s 56 programs will be discontinued. Low enrollment is the reason. “None of UVM’s faculty, students, or …

by Future U/ December 6, 2020/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

Berkeley’s Brown Reveals Strength of Neoliberalism’s Grip

As Professor Brown puts it, we are living “in the ruins of Neoliberalism.” It’s up to us to change that …

by Frank Fear/ December 4, 2020/ Book Review, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Many Colleges and Universities, Not Just Students, Are Debt-Laden

Eleni Schirmer writing in THE NATION: “Just as decreased state funding has caused students to go into debt to cover …

by Future U/ November 16, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Clemson Sit-In Ends, President Responds to Student Demands

Since October 21, The Students for Survivors Coalition had been participating in a campus sit-in, demanding university resources for victims …

by Future U/ November 2, 2020/ Public Higher Ed/

Mother Got My Attention By Saying “Shame on You!”

There’s no place for racist language, especially when it’s uttered by a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Shame …

by Roger Barbee/ October 31, 2020/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Statewide University Board Elections Victim of “Hyper-Partisan Politics”

It’s time to rethink the wisdom of having to get party approval for candidates to appear on statewide ballots. Read …

by Future U/ October 26, 2020/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Transitioning From Neoliberal to Necroliberal–Is Higher Education There, Too?

Professors Benjamin Balthaser and Bill V. Mullen: “Cameroonian philosopher Achille Mbembe revises Foucault’s neologism (the term, ‘biopolitical’) in his groundbreaking …

by Future U/ October 22, 2020/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: First-Year Enrollment Declines at Michigan Public Universities

FROM THE BRIDGE: “First-year student enrollment is down at 12 of 13 public universities that have made their fall enrollment …

by Future U/ October 19, 2020/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Lawsuit Threat Motivates Public University to Reinstate Sports Teams Slated for Elimination

FROM INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION: “Lawyers representing women student-athletes (at William & Mary) threatened a class-action lawsuit if the teams weren’t …

by Future U/ October 18, 2020/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: In Budget Crunch, U Minnesota Cuts Gymnastics, Tennis, and Indoor Track and Field

What does ‘intercollegiate athletics’ mean when the adjective is ‘intercollegiate’? At Minnesota and other schools that have cut ‘minor’ sports …

by Future U/ October 13, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

More Evidence that Revenue-Based College Sports Has Lost Its Way

The deal between the University of Colorado and online gambling company, PointsBet, represents a new low in college sports’ devolution.

by Frank Fear/ October 5, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

VIDEO: “The Enablers,” Institutional Actors in Sexual Assaults

Featuring Amos Guiora and Elizabeth Abdnour, stimulated by Guiora’s new book, Armies of Enablers.

by Future U/ September 26, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society, Video/

PODCAST: “The Enablers,” Institutional Actors in Sexual Assaults

Featuring Amos Guiora and Elizabeth Abdnour, stimulated by Guiora’s new book, Armies of Enablers.

by Future U/ September 26, 2020/ Perspectives, Podcast, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Audit Finds Connections Can Trump Admissions Qualifications at U. of California

LA Times: “The University of California allowed “inappropriate factors” to influence admissions decisions, with four campuses admitting 64 students who …

by Future U/ September 25, 2020/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/