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NEWS BRIEFS: Conservative Lawmakers At It Again, This Time Targeting “Intellectual Diversity” as a Public Collegiate Goal

In Indiana, Senate Bill 202 would “demand attention to “intellectual diversity” in promotion and tenure decision processes, and it would …

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

NEWS BRIEFS: New Study Reveals Some College Grads Don’t Earn More than HS Grad Counterparts

FROM CBS NEWS: “To be sure, colleges are producing graduates who outearn people with only high school degrees, and economic …

by Future U/ February 21, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Gifts to Higher Education Exceeded $58 Billion in 2023

From The CASE Insights on Voluntary Support of Education survey: “Giving to U.S. higher education institutions was $58 billion in …

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

NEWS BRIEFS: Marietta College Joins Faculty Position Cut List

On the heels of last year’s decision to cut ten low-enrollment academic programs, the college has now announced that it …

by Future U/ February 19, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: New Book Chronicles History of Conservative Backlash Against Higher Education

Resistance from the Right: Conservatives and the Campus Wars in Modern America (University of North Carolina Press, 2023), authored by …

by Future U/ February 18, 2024/ Book Review, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: U of Florida Faculty/Students Have Diverse Opinions About Legislative Action on Public Higher Education

William Maione, UF political science senior: “People should be free to explore a lot of different ideas."

by Future U/ February 17, 2024/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: AAUP Report Documents Political Assault on Florida Public Higher Education

American Association of University Professors: “Among the report’s key conclu­sions are that the unprecedented takeover of New College of Florida and …

by Future U/ February 13, 2024/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: English Departments on the Brink?

In The New York Review, Pace’s Sarah Blackwood describes a Draconian situation, growth with compression and the fight to survive. …

by Future U/ February 12, 2024/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Political Turmoil Continues to Plague FAU Presidential Search

A stalled search with board politics leads the FAC Board of Trustees chair to step down. Read about the rocky …

by Future U/ February 11, 2024/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: MSU’s Independent Student Newspaper Sues University

FROM THE STATE NEWS: “Our newspaper is suing the university for blocking the public release of information. The State News …

by Future U/ February 10, 2024/ MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Attack on Higher Education Affects Faculty Work

Mary Churchill, Boston University: “We’re in a time right now where higher ed is now seen as a tool in …

by Future U/ February 9, 2024/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Academic Unit Political Statements, How Far is Too Far?

St. Bonaventure's Mary Rose Kubal: "Another worrying sign of university interference by donors, politicians, alumni and the public."

by Future U/ January 26, 2024/ Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: U.S. House Committee Discusses Draft Bill To ‘Save College Sports as We Know It’

A sticking point is whether athletes in revenue-generating sports are considered employees rather than just student-athletes.

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

PERSPECTIVES: The Right’s War on K-16 Education

Conservative activist Christopher Rufo, speaking at Hillsdale College: “We defund things we don’t like, we fund things we do like.”

by Future U/ January 19, 2024/ Education, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: DEI and Sociology Dropped at Florida’s Public Universities

The DeSantis-led culture war expands in Florida.

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