Future U

NEWS BRIEFS: Federal Anti-DEI Probe Widens to Include Med School Admissions

"The DOJ says federal funding for their professional programs could be on the line."

by Future U/ March 26, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

COMMENTARY: Bravo to Indiana in Football, Boo to How Its President is Steering the University

Whitten de-funds critical thinking, fostering democratic citizenship, and more, in exchange for IU being "a partner to industry."

by Future U/ March 25, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Will HBCU Kentucky State Become a Polytechnic?

"Faculty in closed programs would lose their jobs, and KSU's faculty size would be capped to serve 1000 in-person students."

by Future U/ March 24, 2026/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Nothing to See Here?” Hardly. A Commentary on “The DEI Debacle” in Higher Education

"Today’s higher ed leaders are eradicating DEI in ways that will hobble equity and justice work for years to come."

by Future U/ March 23, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PODCAST: Commentary on Trump’s Esculating War on Higher Education

From The New York Times

by Future U/ March 22, 2026/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Podcast, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Faculty Decry Academic Program Review Effort at UConn

"Very little input sought, and it is often ignored."

by Future U/ March 21, 2026/ Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Study Reveals Academic Freedom is at Greater Risk Than Many Thought

From the Report: “The U.S. case illustrates how quickly institutional autonomy can be damaged via coercive executive action."

by Future U/ March 20, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Let’s Face It, There Are Higher Education Administrators Who Are Using Trump as a Shield to Do the Nasty on Their Own Campuses

The enemy from within mirrors Washington's authoritarian behavior.

by Future U/ March 7, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Video/

PERSPECTIVES: U.S. Defense Department is Now The Department of War, and “Woke” Higher Education is in the Crosshairs

A Feb. 27 memo listed 24 “potential new DOW partner institutions, including UMich, UNC, Virginia Tech, Hillsdale, and Liberty."

by Future U/ March 6, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Coaches Launch Campaign, “Coaches for Campus Freedom”

"Athletics bring Americans together. Protecting university independence safeguards this proud tradition."

by Future U/ March 5, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Petition, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Higher Education Coalition Petitions Trump Administration Regarding Its Definition of a “Professional Degree Program”

Unless expanded, the revised definition of "professional degree program" limits higher borrowing caps to 11 degree programs.

by Future U/ March 4, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Petition, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Florida Imposes One-Year Ban on H1-B Visas

"1,046 positions in Florida's state university system filled by H-1B visa holders, approximately 1.7% of university employees."

by Future U/ March 3, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Backstory to What Happened at Texas A&M

Neal Hutchens, Univ. of Kentucky: "Certain topics/ideas are off the table in the classroom, or professors can be sanctioned."

by Future U/ March 2, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: How One FL University is Fighting Against Authoritarian Curricular Mandates

"Florida's Stop WOKE Act (HB 7) in 2022 aimed to prevent instruction on structural racism."

by Future U/ March 1, 2026/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Trump Administration Sues University of California, Claiming a “Hostile Environment”

UC President James B. Milliken said he "will protect the “freedom to teach, learn, and research without outside interference.”

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