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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/

NEWS BRIEFS: VA Governor/University Boards Nix Diversity-Themed Coursework Requirement at GMU and VCU

FROM INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION: “Years-long efforts to create and mandate diversity-themed coursework at George Mason and Virginia Commonwealth fizzled after …

by Future U/ May 13, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: U Wisconsin Madison Athletics-Related Deal Raises Questions

"College sports' history does not suggest it has good self-corrective mechanisms at the top.'

by Future U/ May 9, 2024/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Will Universities Accede to Student Demands to Divest?

Roderick A. Ferguson, Yale: “There is no good argument/standard of real leadership that eschews engagement with students."

by Future U/ May 7, 2024/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: “Fake News” Follows Media Coverage of Campus Protests

Darren Linvill, Clemson University: "I’ve definitely seen fake accounts. Bad actors are trying to exacerbate this issue."

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

NEWS BRIEFS: SUNY Binghamton Students Camp Out for Peace, Receive Faculty Support

From SUNY at Binghampton faculty letter to students: "We are proud of the young people you are and are becoming."

by Future U/ May 5, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Administrative Reactions to Campus Protests Have Eerie Similarity to Holocaust

"...on a path to becoming coperpetrators of a crime against humanity. Historians will ask, 'How could this have happened again?'"

by Future U/ May 4, 2024/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

COMMENTARY: J.W. Traphagan, “Why I Retired from a Tenured Professorship”

Ending the neoliberal dismantling of higher education is possible. But for that to happen, academic leaders must be willing to …

by Future U/ May 3, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/