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COMMENTARY: “The Document’s Authoritarian Echoes are Hard to Ignore”

"Faculty in all fields reject political interference in the management of university curricula."
by Future U/ February 22, 2025/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: States Follow the Leader on DEI and Tenure

Indiana Lieutenant Gov Micah Beckwith on X: “Indiana Senate just dropped the hammer on the radical DEI racket with SB …
by Future U/ February 8, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: MSU Cancels DEI Webinar in “Anticipatory Response” to Trump Administration DEI Threats

DEI order asks federal agencies to consider investigating universities with large endowments, a list that includes MSU and UM.
by Future U/ January 28, 2025/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: AAUP Guidance in Response to Trump Administration Incursion on Higher Ed, “Don’t Comply Unless Required”

AAUP: “The Trump administration and many Republican-led state governments appear poised to accelerate attacks."
by Future U/ January 21, 2025/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Florida Profs Seek Relief from State of Florida’s Anti-DEI Law

UF prof Sharon Austin: "This lawsuit is about preserving the right to learn and teach without political interference.”
by Future U/ January 20, 2025/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: SUNY to Teach About “Ethical AI”

"It’s about AI as one potential source of information and ensuring that students know how to treat that source responsibly.”
by Future U/ January 16, 2025/ Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Ron DeSantis Continues Attack on Higher Education

Yenor: Written and spoken about the “evils of feminism" and “independent women” as “medicated and quarrelsome.”
by Future U/ January 13, 2025/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Fed Judge Rules Against Biden Administration’s Proposed Regulations Prohibiting Discrimination Based on Gender Identity

A federal judge in Kentucky ruled that the proposal was unconstitutional. Read more from the New York Times regarding the …
by Future U/ January 10, 2025/ Education, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: In Moment of Sanity, UW Regents Table Proposal that Would Have Redefined the Hiring Authority of System President

Regents asked for a proposal revision that includes a formal hiring process.
by Future U/ January 9, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Winning Back Public Trust in Higher Education

"We have to change the opportunity structures for citizens, wherever they live or whether their parents went to school."
by Future U/ December 27, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: It’s Not Just What Trump Says About Higher Education, It’s What He Will Do

"Trump has indicated that eliminating the Education Department may be an urgent priority."
by Future U/ December 26, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Thoughtful Restraint,” Michigan State U’s Position on Issuing Institutional Statements About Controversial Public Matters

"Using the institution’s voice for any but the most critical purposes risks undermining academic freedom, chilling free expression, and silencing …
by Future U/ December 23, 2024/ MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Idaho Education Board Bans DEI Units at Idaho’s Public Universities

U of I President: “We are disappointed, but not surprised, given what has happened in other states.”
by Future U/ December 21, 2024/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: We’ve Seen This Before … Despite External Audit Results to the Contrary, a University Cuts Faculty Positions

(last October) "94 non-tenure track faculty were notified their jobs were on the chopping block."
by Future U/ December 18, 2024/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: College Enrollments Decline, as Admissions Pressure Eases

“Colleges wnt to cultivate this idea that they’re prestigious and selective...and like the idea of being a sought-after good.”
by Future U/ December 16, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/
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