Future U

COMMENTARY by Adrian Lenardic: “In the Court of the Neo-U”

Overnight, the administration started referring to itself as Executive Leadership. The word ‘administration’ was struck from all messaging . Then, the …

by Adrian Lenardic/ October 25, 2024/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: SMU’s Malesic, “Students Who Don’t Read are Responding Rationally to the Vision of Professional Life Our Society Sells Them”

"Nationwide, college professors report steep declines in students’ willingness and ability to read on their own."

by Future U/ October 24, 2024/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society, Teaching/

COMMENTARY: It’s Time to Apply the Exclusionary Provision of the Kalven Report

"The academic enterprise demands we defend students, faculty, and the freedom that makes educational work possible."

by Future U/ October 23, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Activists in Two States Express Concerns After Students Receive Voting Misinformation

A Franklin & Marshall College official reported that a local election official gave students inaccurate voting information.

by Future U/ October 22, 2024/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: One Way for Schools to Conceal Information? Exorbitant FOIA Charges

The student's mother: “I feel like we’re fighting the school that’s fighting us ... and it’s just not fair,”

by Future U/ October 21, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: In An Otherwise Close Presidential Race, College Students Favor One Candidate by an Overwhelming Margin

"Two-thirds of the Democrats and 16% of Republicans indicated they planned to donate to a candidate, party or group."

by Future U/ October 20, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: On the State of Faculty Unions in America

Despite the upward trend, "faculty members in more than a third of states lack union representation."

by Future U/ October 19, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Getting It Wrong About the University of Michigan’s DEI Efforts

"The New York Times denigrated the work of those committed to making a more just Michigan."

by Future U/ October 18, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Administrative Choices at Portland State? Faculty Positions Tagged for Eliminationliminated

And yet.... "Howard Bunsis, a forensic accountant at Eastern Michigan U found Portland State to be in a 'solid financial …

by Future U/ October 17, 2024/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: In Highly Politicized America, Is It Any Wonder that Politics Affect College Choices?

"One reason is that most college-bound students don’t see themselves as particularly partisan."

by Future U/ October 16, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Like Night is Different From Day So Are Trump and Harris When It Comes to Higher Education

"Trump has said in recent rallies that he wants to eliminate the Education Department and transfer responsibilities to the states." …

by Future U/ October 15, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Academics and Higher Education at Risk

"U.S, lawmakers have pushed legislation intended to limit teaching/research in race, diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender."

by Future U/ October 14, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: If Reading is Fundamental, Why Are Many College Students Flummoxed by Book Assignments?

"Daniel Shore, chair of Georgetown’s English department, told me that students have trouble staying focused on even a sonnet."

by Future U/ October 13, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: True or False … College Sororities Could Play an Outsized Role in the Presidential Election

"Kamala Harris is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., the oldest African American sorority, with 300,000 members,"

by Future U/ October 12, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Corporate Collusion? (Yeah, It Happens.) Price-Fixing in Higher Ed? (Got to Be Kidding!)

Filed by a Boston U student and a Cornell U alumn, the filing alleges rigging the system to raise tuition …

by Future U/ October 11, 2024/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/