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NEWS BRIEFS: University of Michigan, Long-time Champion, Closes Its Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Rebekah Modrak, chair Faculty Senate: ""Univ of Michigan leaders seem determined to comply/collaborate in our destruction."
by Future U/ March 29, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

COMMENTARY: Trump Administration, a “Neoliberal Antisocial State, Downsizing its Redistributive Functions”

"Patrimonialism teaches subordinates that their only hope of security lies in the patronage of the boss or the landlord."
by Future U/ March 23, 2025/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Trump’s “Scorched Earth” Approach: Dimimish and Remove Liberal/Progressive Programs, Policies, and Entities, with Education (at all levels) a Primary Target

David Horsey, Seattle Times: "A garish show of petulance, vindictiveness, boorishness, and monumental narcissism."
by Future U/ March 20, 2025/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: UC San Diego Provost, Strong Supporter of DEI, is VP Vance’s Mother-In-Law

VP Vance: "I don't like DEI, and I'm proud of what our administration has done on that front."
by Future U/ March 19, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

COMMENTARY: “We are Institutionally Neutral on a U.S. Administration that Targets Our Very Existence”

"The best data, the most cogent arguments, and the best historical evidence tell us these things are true."
by Future U/ March 14, 2025/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: USDA Pauses Funding at University of Maine

"As a land-grant institution, U Maine and seven other institutions in the system are heavily dependent on USDA funding."
by Future U/ March 13, 2025/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Florida State, Once a Women’s College, Removes References to ‘Women’ on University Website

"Scrubbing keywords includes the terms women, diverse, systemic, and cultural relevance.”
by Future U/ March 8, 2025/ Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

COMMENTARY By J.W. Traphagan: Should Journal Article Reviewers Be Paid?

Senior scholars need to start pushing back on requests from for-profit publishing companies. Here’s what I’m doing.
by John Traphagan/ March 5, 2025/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: The Rightwing Takes Aim at Higher Education, “We Are Like Sitting Ducks”

Bethany Letiecq: "Going after your scholarship is a powerful tactic they are using to silence faculty.”
by Future U/ March 3, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

COMMENTARY By J.W. Traphagan: Why We Need Language Instruction in Higher Education

"As administrators cut programs to save money, they need to think about the purpose of education in a democratic society."
by John Traphagan/ March 1, 2025/ Education, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Gubernatorial Overreach in New York State as Hochul Intervenes at CUNY

"Palestine studies has grown in response to campus protests after October attacks and Israel’s ensuing bombardment of Gaza."
by Future U/ February 27, 2025/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

COMMENTARY by Ulises A. Mejias: The Core of Gen-AI is Incompatible with Academic Integrity

By encouraging GenAI, we are directly undermining the principles we have been trying to instill in our students.
by Ulises A. Mejias/ February 26, 2025/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

COMMENTARY: “I Can’t Figure Out How to Write an AI Policy for My Syllabus,” or, How Student Use of AI is an Issue of Class Consciousness 

Note: The views expressed here are my own, not my employer’s. 
by Zach Kaiser/ February 25, 2025/ Public Higher Ed/

COMMENTARY: Why the Trump Regime is Hellbent to Denigrate Higher Education

Broad-based knowledge and critical thought threatens any regime. Rather than target aspects of it, diminish it across the board.
by Future U/ February 24, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

FUTUREU FORUM: Peters and Letiecq on Authoritarianism and Higher Education in America’s Political Crisis

Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 11:00 - 12:30 PM Eastern Time
by Future U/ February 23, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, FutureU Forum, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Public Higher Ed/
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