PERSPECTIVES: NSF Changes Threaten STEM Progress
Suzanne Ortega, Council of Grad Schools: "Distributing that money fairly & appropriately is going to be delayed if not impossible.” …
NEWS BRIEFS: Secretary Kennedy, “We’re Probably Going to Stop Publishing in the New England Journal of Medicine, Etc., (because) Those Journals Are All Corrupt”
Kennedy also claimed that several agencies under Health & Human Services, including FDA, are “sock puppets” of Big Pharma.
May 28, 2025/
Public Higher Ed/
COMMENTARY by Steven Pinker: “To Cripple Institutions that Acquire and Transmit Knowledge is a Tragic Blunder and a Crime Against Future Generations.”
"The appropriate treatment is to diagnose which parts needing remedies, not to cut its carotid and watch it bleed out."
May 27, 2025/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: “You Will Not Be Missed,” Professor Parsons
Professor Graham Parsons: "In a matter of days, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point abandoned its core principles."
May 26, 2025/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Lyrics That Fit The Times
"Better save up your money, you’re not getting grants. Your DEI projects they don’t stand a chance."
May 25, 2025/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/
COMMENTARY by Roger Barbee: “A Lesson from Crete, 1944”
"Minimizing the value of the liberal arts, including eliminating study opportunities, is new and frightening."
May 24, 2025/
Education, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: When the Mafia Meets Neoliberalism, Higher Ed is Thrown Against the Ropes
What the Trump Administration is doing to Harvard, and how the Hong Kong Univ of Science & Technology is responding. …
May 23, 2025/
Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs/
COMMENTARY: Making the Case for Democratic Governance of Higher Education
"The neoliberal attack with roots in the early 20th century may go back to the origins of the U.S. higher …
May 22, 2025/
Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed/
NEWS BRIEFS: Higher Ed Braces For Another Round of DEI-Related Penalties
"False Claims Act" violations could include DEI programs that “assign benefits or burdens on race, ethnicity, or national origin.”
May 21, 2025/
Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs/
NEWS BRIEFS: University of Utah Eliminates History and Philosophy Majors
"Eliminating this major will reduce opportunities for students while producing no savings whatsoever."
May 20, 2025/
Public Higher Ed/
PERSPECTIVES: “We Represent the Trustees, and You Have Come to Our Attention As Valuing Viewpoint Diversity”
"A leadership class that narrows the conversation too sharply should not be surprised when outsiders force the doors open."
May 19, 2025/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: Survey Shows “Higher Ed is the Enemy” Theme Doesn’t Resonate with Most Americans
"Respondents also tend to disagree with Trump’s stance on initiatives that conservatives say fall under the DEI label."
May 18, 2025/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: “Not Tyranny” Some Say, But They Are Wrong
"The assault on higher education has been decades in the making."
May 17, 2025/
Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed/
NEWS BRIEFS: Congressional Republicans Seek to Increase Endowment Tax
Steven Bloom, ACE: “It is essentially bad policy.... Almost 50% of endowment spending is on financial aid."
May 17, 2025/
Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs/
COMMENTARY: Adrian Lenardic on “The Branded University”
"Branding is about identity that, in principle, helps customers/consumers choose your company over the competition."
May 16, 2025/
Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/