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PERSPECTIVES: The Disturbing Case of Baylor University

Does a rising athletic tide raise boats? Or can it sink ships? Read one sobering answer in this feature article …

by Future U/ March 11, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Housekeepers Organize With A University as Target

Fascinating story from Cambridge, MA. “Lean In” and read more from The Nation.

by Future U/ March 10, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Racist Video At ODU Promotes Lynching

“An outrageous act of hate and intolerance and we are sickened by this vile video.” Read more here.

by Future U/ March 9, 2017/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Robert Reich, When A Claim Becomes A Lie (video)

Truth-telling becomes an alternative fact. View the video here.

by Future U/ March 8, 2017/ Perspectives, Society, Video/

NEWS BRIEFS: Academic Freedom Questioned At Northwestern

Ad hoc committee of Faculty Senate: NU should “take steps to insulate its journals from academic interference.” Read more from …

by Future U/ March 7, 2017/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Students’ Interpretations Of Political Confrontation at Middlebury

The College provided an elevated platform for a controversial speaker. Students reacted. Read student accounts from The New York Times.

by Future U/ March 6, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Dennis Kucinich On Poverty In America

Reprinted from The Nation. Read more here.

by Future U/ March 5, 2017/ Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Lower Than Expected State Revenues Impact Higher Ed Funding

Here’s the story as reported by National Public Radio. Lower state funding, higher tuition (data for ’08-’16).

by Future U/ March 4, 2017/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Betsy DeVos, Reductionist: “HBCU’s Are Examples of School Choice”

She doesn’t get it. Read more from The New York Times.

by Future U/ March 3, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Do Campus Liberals Silence Their Conservative Peers?

Tom Ciccotta, a senior at Bucknell University, believes they do. Read his Op Ed in The New York Times.

by Future U/ March 2, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Michigan State Faculty Call for Independent Investigation of Nassar Case

The University is conducting an internal investigation. Read more from The Lansing State Journal.

by Future U/ March 1, 2017/ MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

ANNOUNCEMENT: Academic Freedom Resources List From AAUP

All statements are available on the AAUP’s website and in the eleventh edition of the AAUP “Redbook,” formally titled Policy Documents and …

by Future U/ March 1, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PRESENTATION: “Global Engagement, Human Rights, And Cognitive Justice” with Catherine Odora Hoppers

Catherine Odora Hoppers Professor, Department of Science and Technology, and National Research Foundation South African Research Chair in Development Education …

by Future U/ February 28, 2017/

FORUM: “Neoliberalism in Higher Education and Resistance in the (post) Colonial Context” with Stephen Gasteyer and Amy Jamison

“Neoliberalism in Higher Education and Resistance in the (post) colonial context: Reflections on Palestine, Malawi, and Tanzania” Neoliberalism and its …

by Future U/ February 28, 2017/

PERSPECTIVES: Upside-Down World–Jerry Falwell, Jr. To Chair A National Higher Ed Task Force??

What? Why? Senate Democrats are asking. Read more from The Washington Post.

by Future U/ February 28, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/