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PERSPECTIVES: “Academic Freedom (can turn) into a Tool for Promoting Specific Ideologies”

"What credible license does a professor have? None, unless that is tied to something else--professional duty."

by Future U/ June 25, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

FUTUREU VIDEO: Faculty Perspectives on Campus Protests

Features Jennifer Ruth, Bethany Letiecq, and Noëlle McAfee. Hosted by Rubén O. Martinez. Produced by Frank A. Fear.

by Future U/ June 24, 2024/ FutureU Forum, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Podcast, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: There’s a Literature to Read Regarding Campus Protests, Concept & Practice

Mintz: "Isn’t the time ripe for a serious, engaged discussion of Alinsky’s arguments from all political perspectives?"

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

COMMENTARY: “Hear the Names”

"Would board members admit a wrong or vote back the original name, arguing it is 'history, not hate'"?

by Roger Barbee/ June 22, 2024/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Reorganization of Pennsylvania Public Higher Ed Is a Political Matter

PA Gov, Josh Shapero: "Both parties acknowledge the fact that we’ve got to do something meaningful on higher ed."

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

PERSPECTIVES: How a Culture of Kindness Improves Higher Education

"Openness and transparency have been proven to build faculty trust."

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

NEWS BRIEFS: Feds Find U Michigan Repeatedly Violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona: “Hate has no place on our college campuses—ever,"

by Future U/ June 18, 2024/ Public Higher Ed/

FUTUREU FORUM: FRIDAY, JUNE 21, “Faculty Perspectives on Campus Protests” with Professors Ruth, Letiecq, and McAfee

Broadcast live on YouTube, 12-1:30 pm Eastern/9-10:30 am Pacific, Friday, June 21, 2024 (Link at bottom of post)

by Future U/ June 17, 2024/ FutureU Forum/

NEWS BRIEFS: Attorney Says “FL Legislature Can Restrict (Public Higher Ed) Professsors’ Speech Because Their Speech is the Government’s Speech”

Greg Greubel, representing the Foundation for Individual Rights & Expression: "The classroom is a marketplace of ideas."

by Future U/ June 16, 2024/ News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Benedictine College President Says His School’s Mission Is “To Transform America”

Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica: "Instead of promoting unity...his (Butker's) comments seem to have fostered division."

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

NOËLLE MCAFEE: “University Presidents and Administrators Can Learn A Lot from Student Demonstrations”

"Students have long been the conscience of our culture, bringing awareness to uncomfortable issues."

by Future U/ June 14, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Cal State President on Student Protesters, “Trust We Had (in students) to Practice Non-Violence Has Been Violated”

"It wasn’t clear what steps the university or protesters would take next to find a resolution."

by Future U/ June 13, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: MSU Investigation Finds Board Chair Behavior was “Unbecoming, Unprofessional” and a “Violation of the Board’s Code of Ethics”

"Investigators determined the gesture met the Wikipedia definition of 'middle finger.'”

by Future U/ June 12, 2024/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

COMMENTARY: The Hijacking of Public Higher Education

When political advocates impose their preferred perspectives and outcomes on higher education, the result is a hijack."

by Frank Fear/ June 11, 2024/ Neoliberalism, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: U.S. House Republicans to Expand Higher Education Targeting

Lynn Pasquerella, President, AACU: "(The attack) lends itself to the narrative that conservative groups want to present."

by Future U/ June 10, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/