Future U

PERSPECTIVES: “The Great Event in the History of an Institution is Now Likely to Be a Big Gift” (John Dewey, 1902)

"We risk compromising the role our great American universities play as flagbearers for freedom of thought and expression."

by Future U/ January 11, 2024/ Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: One Reason Higher Education Is Under Assault

"The goal remains the same: to undermine academic freedom and the freedom to learn."

by Future U/ January 10, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: University of Michigan Anticipates Windfall from Winning the National Football Championship

Analyst: "You cannot buy the kind of publicity" the university is getting.

by Future U/ January 9, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: 2017 Federal Tax Law Change Has Implications for Collegiate Philanthropy

Research Finding: "Total charitable giving did not decrease...because high-income taxpayers continued to see tax benefits."

by Future U/ January 8, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Utah Governor, Legislature Intent on Restricting DEI in Campus Hiring

Utah Governor: "Forcing people to sign DEI statements in the hiring process is a political endeavor and decreases intellectual diversity."

by Future U/ January 7, 2024/ Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

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/