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NEWS BRIEFS: U Michigan Faculty Support Big Ten Mutual Defense Fund

Michigan joins Rutgers (first school), Indiana, Michigan St. Ohio State, and Nebraska-Lincoln, with votes on tap at USC and UCLA.

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

COMMENTARY by William E. Connolly: Neoliberal Fascism On Display in America Today

"The urgent task today is to expose this nexus and its plan at every turn."

by Future U/ April 25, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Majority of Political Scientists Surveyed Believe U.S. is Sliding From a Liberal Democracy to Authoritarianism

Steven Levitsky, government prof, Harvard Univ: "It is certainly reversible, but we are no longer living in a liberal democracy."

by Future U/ April 24, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Higher Education Legitimizes and then Normalizes State Control When It Complies with Authoritarian Dictates

"While some believe that compliance will protect funding and independence, historical parallels suggest otherwise."

by Future U/ April 23, 2025/ Education, Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: American Association of Colleges and Universities Statement: Bold Enough? Signed By Enough?

More is required.

by Future U/ April 22, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Surprised? Shouldn’t Be. Trump Administration Moves Against Higher Education Are Familiar

"Michigan State Prof Brendan Cantwell said the influence of Project 2025 and the other outlines is undeniable."

by Future U/ April 21, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

COMMENTARY: “Trump Administration is Trafficking a Grand (and False) Narrative About American Intellectuals”

"If present history is to change, then the stories have to change."

by Future U/ April 20, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Trump Administration is Trying to Police the Thoughts and Beliefs of America’s Major Institutions”

Trump's gameplan: "Control what colleges can teach, what news outlets report, and what ideas are allowed to be discussed."

by Future U/ April 19, 2025/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Trump’s War on Higher Education “Threatens the Long-Standing Partnership Between Federal Government and Higher Education”

"(funding) cuts don’t follow typical investigative process, and sometimes lack clear explanations and legal justifications."

by Future U/ April 18, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS PLUS VIDEO: Faculty Activism, “The Big 10 Alliance,” in the Fight Against Trump

"Whether MSU’s administrative leadership will heed the faculty senate’s calls remains to be seen."

by Future U/ April 17, 2025/ MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Video/

NEWS BRIEFS: Panel of Experts? Focus on Antisemitism? No Chance with Trump’s Antisemitism Task Force, It’s a Tool in Trump’s War on Higher Ed

"The task force doesn’t plan to take its foot off the gas any time soon, recent public statements suggest."

by Future U/ April 16, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/