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NEWS BRIEFS: Texas Tech Restrictiveness Strikes Again, This Time Regarding Topics that Students Can’t Research

Kelli Cargile Cook, TTU professor in a resignation letter: “I can’t stomach what’s going on at Texas Tech,”

by Future U/ May 7, 2026/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

FIRE's Laura Beltz: "To apply institutional neutrality policies to restrict student/faculty speech totally subverts the policy's premise."

by Future U/ May 6, 2026/ Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society, Teaching/

"Greatness of this university rests also on the courage/conviction of student activists who have pushed for justice."

by Future U/ May 4, 2026/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society, Video/

"Institutional neutrality makes power structures invisible and depoliticizes the deeply political functioning of higher education."

by Future U/ May 2, 2026/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"Will higher education question, remember, and resist, or be a training ground for conformity, amnesia, and obedience?"

by Future U/ May 1, 2026/ Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"This unseemly political maneuver must be seen for what it is: politicization of the National Science Foundation."

by Future U/ April 29, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Willie May, Morgan St.: “I've watched the systematic dismantling of the scientific advisory infrastructure. NSF is the latest casualty."

by Future U/ April 28, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed/

"The value of a degree is going down," Ramaswamy said.

by Future U/ April 27, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

David Awbrey: There is little interest "in teaching what Matthew Arnold called 'the best that has been known and thought.'”

by Future U/ April 24, 2026/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Bill supporters claim "indoctrinatation" and assert that a MSU program targeting pregnant mothers and infants is a 'scam.'"

by Future U/ April 23, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"Lewd messages linked to University of Michigan regent who led campaign against pro-Palestinian students."

by Future U/ April 20, 2026/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"We can find ways to do both in a way that works for more people than you think."

by Future U/ April 19, 2026/ Education, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

State Board commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas: "Sociology continues to be a sinking ship."

by Future U/ April 17, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"Before Texas Tech, Creighton was a legislator. He sponsored the Texas’ 2023 law barring DEI across the state’s public colleges."

by Future U/ April 14, 2026/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, had been advised to veto the legislation she signed into law.

by Future U/ April 13, 2026/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/