Future U

PERSPECTIVES: Ousted University Presidents the Result of a “Raw Ideological Putsch”

The all-season sport: "Toppling high-powered leaders" to achieve partisan political objectives.

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

PERSPECTIVES: It’s a War “To Unravel Public Faith in the Pillars of American Society”

Claudine Gay: Higher education..."where courage and reason unite to advance truth, no matter what forces set against them."

by Future U/ January 5, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: New College, One Year Later

Beginning in January 2023, Gov. Ron DeSantis launched a hostile takeover of New College of Florida.

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

PERSPECTIVES: Are Academics Fleeing Red States?

Michigan State's Cantwell: "“Faculty members are not tagged like migrating geese.”

by Future U/ January 3, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Harvard Prof, “Plagiarism a Pretext to Oust Harvard’s Gay”

Professor Muhammad: Gay's ouster is associated with "the larger right-wing war on higher education."

by Future U/ January 2, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Michael Horn on Four Trends in Higher Education 2024

Michael Horn: "Expect more colleges to merge or close."

by Future U/ January 1, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

COMMENTARY: Academic Management Primer II: All BIS Are Equal, But Some Are More Equal Than Others

Notes from the front line of art-science crossover education and a follow-up to Academic Management Primer I.

by Adrian Lenardic and Anthony Covington/ December 31, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: On January 1, It Will Be Illegal in Texas for Public Universities to Operate DEI Offices/Programs

"New law requires public universities to end DEI work, including offering training or requiring diversity wording in job postings."

by Future U/ December 30, 2023/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Unlike Penn and Harvard, Columbia U Stayed Out of the News Cycle, But Not Controversy, About Israel-Hamas War

Yoni Kurtz, Columbia student: “There’s administrative distrust from almost any student no matter their political beliefs."

by Future U/ December 29, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Without Hard Data, Skepticism Abounds Regarding Potential Academic Cuts at UNC Greensboro

UNCG prof Mark Elliott: “The rubric changed six times in the first day; we kept on seeing it change.”

by Future U/ December 28, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Columbia’s Drezner: “Not Donor Control, It’s Donor Activism”

"Donor activism should be seen as a form of engaged citizenship."

by Future U/ December 27, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: UPenn Presidential Resignation Fuels Age-Old Debate on the Extent/Scope of Donor Influence

A major donor at one university is pressing for changes to instruction, faculty requirements and campus speech."

by Future U/ December 26, 2023/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Who Owns the University? (Boards Do)

"'The Autocratic Academy' disabuses faculty members of self-delusions that they have power in the existing arrangements."

by Future U/ December 25, 2023/ Book Review, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: FAU Presidential Search Didn’t Include DeSantis Cronie; Search Process Declared “Flawed”

"Despite the criticism, most FAU trustees have largely stood by the search process, which identified three finalists."

by Future U/ December 24, 2023/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Union Institute and University on Verge of Closing

Financial issues abound, including being evicted from its rented campus location.

by Future U/ December 23, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/