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PERSPECTIVES: Leigh McGowan Interviews Robert Reich, “Do Not Become Hopeless”

"This is the time to use every lever of power to stop the worst of authoritarianism from taking over."

by Future U/ November 23, 2024/ Perspectives, Society, Video/

NEWS BRIEFS: U.S. Senate Committee Evaluation of USF Funding–What Peering Through an Alt-Right Lens Reveals

Report title is revealing: "Division, Extremism. Ideology: How the Biden-Harris NSF Politicized Science." (What a crock!)

by Future U/ November 22, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Rights, a Product of Conflict, Resistance, Struggle and Negotiation

"Rights are won through struggle, often in the face of entrenched power. The determination of people drives real change."

by Future U/ November 21, 2024/ Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Linda McMahon Likely Pick as Department of Education Secretary

McMahon served as CEO, World Wrestling Entertainment, and director, Small Business Administration in Trump’s first term.

by Future U/ November 20, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

COMMENTARY by Adrian Lenardic: A “Wrong ‘Em Boyo” Faculty Meeting Moment

We talk about resisting, but we wind up playing games.

by Adrian Lenardic/ November 19, 2024/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Scientists, Academics Offer Stern Warning about Kennedy’s Choice as HHS Secretary

Dr. Jeffrey Flier, prof and former dean, Harvard University: “Over the edge. Down the rabbit hole. Completely insane,”

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

COMMENTARY by Frank Fear: How Fascism Supercharged Neoliberalism and Changed America

A swarm of cockroaches are invited into living quarters and treated like house pets.

by Frank Fear/ November 17, 2024/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Have Elite Universities Contributed to the Current Malaise?

David Brooks thinks so. Read why and how. From The Atlantic.

by Future U/ November 16, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Hedges with Chomsky on How Neoliberalism Led to Fascism

"The country’s really shifted in the last 50 or 60 years, mainly with the neoliberal assault."

by Future U/ November 15, 2024/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

COMMENTARY by Frank Fear: Revisiting H.L. Mencken in the Age of Trump

"An iconoclast of epic proportions, Mencken delighted in holding a mirror to society."

by Frank Fear/ November 14, 2024/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The Divided America, Classical Liberalism to the Left / Neoliberal Fascism to the Right

Polychroniou: American politics as now choosing between Neoliberalism as we've known it & Neoliberal Fascism per Trump.

by Future U/ November 8, 2024/ Classical Liberalism, Fascist Neoliberalism, Neoliberalism/

COMMENTARY: Francis Fukuyama on the Erosion of Classical Liberalism

"Donald Trump not only wants to roll back neoliberalism and woke liberalism, but is a major threat to classical liberalism …

by Future U/ November 7, 2024/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

COMMENTARY: Henry Giroux on “Universities at a Crossroads”

"The crisis in higher ed is part of a broader neoliberal assault on democracy."

by Future U/ November 6, 2024/ Public Higher Ed/

COMMENTARY: What’s in Store for Higher Ed?

Candidate Harris: “Our nation has encouraged one path to success: a 4-year college degree, We need to recognize other paths.”

by Future U/ November 5, 2024/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Where 2024 Presidential Candidates Stand on Higher Education Issues

FutureU Editor: Stark contrasts exist, and without suprise. One party refers to higher ed as "The Enemy of the People."

by Future U/ November 4, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/