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PERSPECTIVES: New Title IX Rules Went Into Effect August 1, But ….

"LGBTQ advocacy groups have pushed back against GOP-led efforts to block the final rule from taking effect."

by Future U/ August 5, 2024/ Education, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Neoliberal Response Required to a Neoliberally-Stimulated Problem?

"Higher education can chart the course for greater levels of economic prosperity across the nation."

by Future U/ August 4, 2024/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: Three Florida Profs File Suit vs. State of Florida, Contend Tenure Changes Chill Speech, Harm Academics

"Profs contend that the Legislature unconstitutionally encroached on the authority of the Florida Board of Governors."

by Future U/ August 3, 2024/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: NCAA Agrees to Share Revenue with “Power Conference” Athletes

"NCAA’s $2.8 billion agreement will take effect in Fall 2025, funded by the NCAA and Division I institutions."

by Future U/ August 2, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Title IX Uncertainty

"Federal judges have issued six injunctions temporarily blocking the new Title IX rule in 26 states."

by Future U/ August 1, 2024/ Education, Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: New National Poll, Generally Same Public Views of State of Higher Ed

"The 2024 survey shows that Americans’ confidence in the current state of higher education is trending downward."

by Future U/ July 31, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Double About Face at Indiana U

Bryce Greene, IU Ph.D. student: "Latest example in 'a long line' of the university retaliating against pro-Palestinian speech."

by Future U/ July 30, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: What Data Mining Uncovered About Conservative College Students

16 of the Top 20 "Most Conservative Colleges" by student orientation are public universities.

by Future U/ July 29, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Will Ten Commandments Be Posted on Louisiana’s State-Supported Campuses?

"Lawsuit filed by ALCU and others seeks to temporarily and then permanently block the law from taking effect."

by Future U/ July 28, 2024/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: We Must Take Right-Wing Operatives Seriously

(We must) "use skills we have as academics to organize our workplaces and communicate the value of what we do."

by Future U/ July 27, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: What is Illiberal Higher Education? Where Is It Trending?

"Illiberal higher education refers to practices/policies that restrict academic freedom, critical thinking, or open discourse."

by Future U/ July 26, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Video/

PERSPECTIVES: Thirteen Public University Centers Across Eight States Are “Beachheads for Conservativism”

"Critics call them beachheads for the ideological right."

by Future U/ July 25, 2024/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: J.D. Vance, “Universities Transmit Not Knowledge and Not Truth but Deceit and Lies”

Vance: "Successfully dealing with left-wing domination of universities is Viktor Orbán’s approach in Hungary."

by Future U/ July 24, 2024/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: What Presumptive Nominee Kamala Harris Would Bring to Higher Education

"Observers: Harris administration would likely build on the current administration’s ambitious agenda for higher education."

by Future U/ July 23, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Higher Ed Contraction Continues, Over 115 Institutions Have Shuttered Since 2016

Higher Ed Dive has the complete list, state by state, with descriptions.

by Future U/ July 22, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/