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NEWS BRIEFS: Poll Shows Michigan Voters Aren’t High on Higher Ed

"Only 22% of survey respondents said a four-year college degree is worth the money."

by Future U/ May 28, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Rep. Foxx and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce … At It Again

Committee letter: "Not a single winner professed interest in protecting the unborn or defending the Second Amendment."

by Future U/ May 27, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Rep. Talib Speaks Out About U.S. House Hearings on Campus Protests and Anti-Semitism

"Tlaib, joined by fellow Democratic lawmakers and university union leaders, called the House Committee hearing disingenuous."

by Future U/ May 26, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society, Video/

NEWS BRIEFS: Pew Research Finds Limited Public Endorsement of Higher Education

50% of Republicans/leaning Republican: College degree is "Not too important/Not important at all" to get a well-paying job."

by Future U/ May 25, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: DEI Dismantlement Continues at Public Universities, This Time in the UNC System

"Repeals DEI policies adopted in 2019 requiring the state’s 17 campuses to hire a chief diversity officer and set goals."

by Future U/ May 24, 2024/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: University Leaders Push Back in Hearing With U.S. House Representatives

Northwestern's Schill: “I’m offended by you (Utah Rep. Burgess Owens) telling me what my views are.”

by Future U/ May 23, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Undermine Higher Education, Undermine America

"Unfettered discussion and freedom of thought and expression are the foundations upon which the greatness is built."

by Future U/ May 22, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Campus Protests, Now Lawsuits

FIRE's Zach Greenberg: "(With) the hardline approach so many universities took toward protesters, expect to see more litigation."

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

PERSPECTIVES: Misunderstood Higher Education

"Freedom of thought, critical reasoning, empathy for others and respectful disagreement are paramount for democratic society."

by Future U/ May 20, 2024/ Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The “New McCarthyism” and the Cost of Speaking Out

“There is a McCarthyite campaign to silence the Palestinian voice in all American universities, large and small."

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

FUTUREU FORUM VIDEO with Vincent Lyon-Callo & Boone Shear

This FUTUREU Forum explores the challenges confronting educators and young people in education after four decades of neoliberal reform in …

by Future U/ May 18, 2024/ FutureU Forum, Higher Ed, Society, Video/

PERSPECTIVES: Academic Contributions of Black Scholars/Administrators Analyzed for Potential Plagiarism

"Alleging plagiarism has become a tool of choice...to discredit DEI initiatives throughout higher education."

by Future U/ May 17, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: This Commencement Speech Turned Heads and Garnered Applause

"Video virtually all graduates & spectators rising to a standing ovation, but student interviews showed a more mixed reaction."

by Future U/ May 16, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Portland (OR), on Campus Protests

"Students demand that PSU disclose investments/divest when complicit in apartheid, violations of human rights, and genocide."

by Future U/ May 15, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

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/