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NEWS BRIEFS: Trump Says Oust Departmental Academic Leadership at Columbia U, Wants a Say in the Curriculum

Joan Scott, AAUP: “It’s an escalation unheard of. Even during the McCarthy era, this was not done.”

by Future U/ March 16, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

"The group being investigated includes Arizona St. Ohio St and Rutgers, along with Yale, Cornell, Duke, and MIT."

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

"The best data, the most cogent arguments, and the best historical evidence tell us these things are true."

by Future U/ March 14, 2025/ Public Higher Ed/

"As a land-grant institution, U Maine and seven other institutions in the system are heavily dependent on USDA funding."

by Future U/ March 13, 2025/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"A task force will determine “how/when Cornell should speak institutionally on politics, ideology, current affairs, and world events.”

by Future U/ March 12, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

"How to (function) with executive orders banning banning discussions of structural racism, unconscious bias, and gender?"

by Future U/ March 11, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

"Scrubbing keywords includes the terms women, diverse, systemic, and cultural relevance.”

by Future U/ March 8, 2025/ Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Columbia recently received a D grade from YNetNews.com.

by Future U/ March 7, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

The real measure of a degree’s worth lies not just in the job it leads to but in broader perspectives …

by Aaron Delgaty/ March 6, 2025/ Education, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

Senior scholars need to start pushing back on requests from for-profit publishing companies. Here’s what I’m doing.

by John Traphagan/ March 5, 2025/ Public Higher Ed/

Foundation for Individual Rights & Expression: “Higher ed strength derives from exchange of views, even unpopular/dissenting."

by Future U/ March 4, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

Bethany Letiecq: "Going after your scholarship is a powerful tactic they are using to silence faculty.”

by Future U/ March 3, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Cover photo courtesy The Chronicle of Higher Education

by Future U/ March 2, 2025/ FutureU Forum, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

"As administrators cut programs to save money, they need to think about the purpose of education in a democratic society."

by John Traphagan/ March 1, 2025/ Education, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Forum from February 18, 2025

by Future U/ February 28, 2025/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/