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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/

Neoliberalism In Higher Education (Video)

Published on Feb 11, 2017 This episode covers the changing administration of the university as it responds to competition and …

by Future U/ February 27, 2017/ Higher Ed, Society, Video/

AUTHOR INTERVIEW: “Capitalizing on Rural Resentment,” With Katherine J. Cramer

Here’s a fascinating interview published from Dissent.

by Future U/ February 25, 2017/ Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Public University Trustee Supports Trump’s Travel Ban

Backlash was expected. Read more here.

by Future U/ February 23, 2017/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PRESENTATION: “The Flint Water Crisis: A Journey for Justice” with Dr. Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha and Professor Joshua Sapotichne

Named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in 2016, Dr. Hanna-Attisha will share her experience identifying and exposing the …

by Future U/ February 23, 2017/

PERSPECTIVES: College Internships At The Pentagon

The business of student engagement at The Pentagon. Read more here from The Washington Post.

by Future U/ February 22, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/