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NEXT FUTUREU FORUM, Tuesday, May 14, with Professors Lyon-Callo and Shear

“Neoliberalism, Subjectivities, and Transformations in Education,” May 14, 2024, Noon-1:30p, Eastern Time The discussion explores the challenges confronting educators and young people …

by Future U/ May 14, 2024/ FutureU Forum, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: VA Governor/University Boards Nix Diversity-Themed Coursework Requirement at GMU and VCU

FROM INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION: “Years-long efforts to create and mandate diversity-themed coursework at George Mason and Virginia Commonwealth fizzled after …

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

PERSPECTIVES: U Wisconsin Madison Athletics-Related Deal Raises Questions

"College sports' history does not suggest it has good self-corrective mechanisms at the top.'

by Future U/ May 9, 2024/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Will Universities Accede to Student Demands to Divest?

Roderick A. Ferguson, Yale: “There is no good argument/standard of real leadership that eschews engagement with students."

by Future U/ May 7, 2024/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: “Fake News” Follows Media Coverage of Campus Protests

Darren Linvill, Clemson University: "I’ve definitely seen fake accounts. Bad actors are trying to exacerbate this issue."

by Future U/ May 6, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: SUNY Binghamton Students Camp Out for Peace, Receive Faculty Support

From SUNY at Binghampton faculty letter to students: "We are proud of the young people you are and are becoming."

by Future U/ May 5, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Administrative Reactions to Campus Protests Have Eerie Similarity to Holocaust

"...on a path to becoming coperpetrators of a crime against humanity. Historians will ask, 'How could this have happened again?'"

by Future U/ May 4, 2024/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

COMMENTARY: J.W. Traphagan, “Why I Retired from a Tenured Professorship”

Ending the neoliberal dismantling of higher education is possible. But for that to happen, academic leaders must be willing to …

by Future U/ May 3, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Isaac Kamola on the Banality of Current Discourses on Campus Free Speech

"The university is too valuable to be held hostage to an emaciated understanding of what it means to speak freely …

by Future U/ May 2, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: “Colleges Should Extend May 1 Decision Deadline Amid FAFSA Delays, Higher Ed Groups Say”

"The FAFSA delays this cycle have abbreviated colleges’ timeline for making financial aid offers."

by Future U/ May 1, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Students Share Experiences Regarding How Universities Have Restricted the Right to Protest

Neha Kohli, Rice Univ.: "Our goal is peace, an end to ongoing violence.. But to achieve peace, first our voices …

by Future U/ April 30, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Iowa Exceeds Other States with New DEI Restrictions

Forbids “any effort to promote” (such as) "antiracism, social justice, systemic oppression, gender theory"...or related formulations."

by Future U/ April 29, 2024/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Colleges as Communities

Fareed Zakaria on CNN: "Colleges are not the communities they once were."

by Future U/ April 28, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society, Video/

PERSPECTIVES: Conservatives, Who Once Surrendered Higher Ed to “The Radical Left,” Have Reversed Course

"Colleges and universities have become hotbeds of left-wing activism."

by Future U/ April 26, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: What We Learned from FOIA

It can be frustrating ... and sometimes funny.

by Future U/ April 25, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/