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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/

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/
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