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Here’s the Right Move for America’s Major Sports-Playing Universities

Major college football & basketball are exciting, but what they don't do is connect well to higher education's mission and …

by Frank Fear/ November 28, 2021/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Appreciation for a Fellow Teacher, Friend, and Mentor

Jim Osuna is an educator to whom I am both indebted to and grateful.

by Roger Barbee/ November 4, 2021/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: When a Great Public University Takes a Left Turn

The headline for this Orlando Sentinal editorial says it plainly: "A Choice for the University of Florida: Academic Freedom or …

by Future U/ November 3, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

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: 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/

PERSPECTIVES: Impact of Engaged Scholarship is Focus of New Book on Industrial Agriculture

"We profile eight scholars who were both researchers and activists and who saw the two as inseparable."

by Future U/ August 9, 2021/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

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