Future U

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/

COMMENTARY: “Failure to Fight Executive Orders Targeting Higher Ed Invites Our Collective Demise”

"Our colleges and universities are not fighting back. The question is, will we?"

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

PERSPECTIVES: State of Texas Intensives Efforts To Align Public Higher Ed with a Conservative Vision

"One new law will give governor-appointed university regents more control over curriculum and hiring."

by Future U/ June 19, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Vanderbilt University National Poll Reveals Public Sentiments Regarding American Higher Ed

“Notable differences among MAGA & traditional Republicans, make it critical to consider this distinction when assessing the public’s thinking."

by Future U/ June 18, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Appeasing Authoritarianism ‘Is Never Really Going to Work’”

The political attacks are based "on the false narrative that our campuses as bastions of liberal progressivism.”

by Future U/ June 17, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Hechinger Report Analyzes Trump Administration Impact on Public Higher Ed

Brian Diers, U Illinois emeritus: “We could potentially lose a generation who won’t go into science because there’s no funding."

by Future U/ June 16, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Claiming Academic Censorship, Tulane Professor Resigns Position

Kimberly Terrell: "I cannot remain silent as this university sacrifices academic integrity for political appeasement."

by Future U/ June 15, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Making the Case for Government-Backed Scientific Publishing

"The current model rewards publishers far more than the public."

by Future U/ June 14, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/