Future U

PERSPECTIVES: In Florida and Elsewhere, “It’s Not Just a Battle. It’s an All-Out War Against the Traditional Nnorms of Academia”

"'Lefties' indoctrinating students? The DeSantis administration is 100% guilty of attempting to indoctrinate students."

by Future U/ July 6, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Federal Budget “Will Change Who Gets to Attend College and How They Pay for It”

Charles Welch, president, American Assoc of State Colleges and Univ: "Eliminate executive overreach."

by Future U/ July 4, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Trump-Related Think Tank Files Complaint Against Cornell U

Cornell University: The University is "deeply disturbed by personal attacks leveled against our faculty members.”

by Future U/ July 3, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Trump Accelerates Attack on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Jeremy Young, PEN America: “It launches investigations into universities for merely having a DEI office or promoting DEI."

by Future U/ July 2, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Indiana U Capitulates to Conservatives’ View of What College Is For

'The cuts also come after a new Board of Trustees majority, aligned with Indiana’s Republican Gov. Mike Braun."

by Future U/ July 1, 2025/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Gloves Off in Virginia in Response to UVA’s DEI-related Presidential Ouster

VA state Sen. Louise Lucas: “We intend to stand up and fight, to make sure this never happens again.”

by Future U/ June 30, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: UVA President Resigns, Says, “I Cannot Make a Unilateral Decision to Fight the Federal Government in Order to Save My Own Job.”

"Conservative UVA alumni groups & legal entities complained that Ryan didn't eliminate DEI from all corners of the campus."

by Future U/ June 29, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

COMMENTARY: Why Did Vance Call Higher Ed, “The Enemy of the People?” Here’s a Big Reason Why

"Athenians sentenced Socrates to death because he sought to question and doubt. But they couldn't keep his wisdom from spreading."

by Future U/ June 28, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society, Video/

NEWS BRIEFS: DeSantis and Other Southern Governors Create New Higher Ed Body to Counter “Woke Accreditation”

Florida's DeSantis: "It will upend the monopoly of the woke accreditation cartels."

by Future U/ June 27, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: University President, “I Think You’re Doing Their Work of Authoritarianism”

“The federal government is trying to undermine the legitimacy of higher ed, law, journalism, and (on deck) entertainment."

by Future U/ June 26, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: Higher Education Institutions, Faculty, and Students Under Siege in the West Bank

"Assaults on the academic sector must stop."

by Future U/ June 25, 2025/ Higher Ed/

COMMENTARY: Students in College Come from K-16. What Did They Experience There?

"Knowledge of history and the workings of governments cultivates valuable citizens of the country and the world."

by Roger Barbee/ June 24, 2025/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: State of Florida Continues Culture War on Higher Ed, In One Week State Board Appoints Three Political Cronies As Presidents of Florida Public Universities

Search firm insider: Looks like “a governor who wants to be able to get his people into plum presidential jobs.”

by Future U/ June 23, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

COMMENTARY by Roger Barbee: The Segregationist and the Historian

"How important it is to be recorded as being on the right side of historical events."

by Roger Barbee/ June 22, 2025/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: First, Adjustments Made to the House Budget Bill, Now Senate Republicans Want to Change This

Proposal is being advanced under the banner of "institutional accountability."

by Future U/ June 21, 2025/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Public Higher Ed, Society/