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NEWS BRIEFS: FAU Presidential Search Suspended After DeSantis Political Crony Didn’t Make Short List

"Ray Rodrigues raised questions about the search, including asking allegedly improper questions about gender identity."

by Future U/ July 10, 2023/ Public Higher Ed/

"Elsevier is already subject to various academic boycotts and editor walkouts around the world."

by Future U/ July 9, 2023/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs/

Departing professor Carolyne Ali-Khan: "It’s not safe. Not safe physically, economically, professionally, and intellectually."

by Future U/ July 8, 2023/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"Like any neoliberal marketplace, the only value that matters is accumulating currency with as little cost as possible."

by George Styles and J.W. Traphagan/ July 7, 2023/ Perspectives, Society/

Source: Ballotpedia, a service of the Lucy Burns Institute. Main page https://ballotpedia.org/Main_Page

by Future U/ July 6, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

This time, the Biden Administration is pursuing a regulatory pathway to address student loan debt.

by Future U/ July 5, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

"The mess we’ve made of our planet is obvious, so perhaps it’s time for a new form of intelligence to …

by John Traphagan/ July 4, 2023/ Public Higher Ed/

"Also contributing to cost are administrative overhead and the student amenities arms race."

by Future U/ July 3, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

"Those who believe in historic values have propped up the edifice. They are under siege with too few to resist."

by Future U/ July 2, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

John Patrick Hunt, law professor, UC Davis: "Broad applications of executive power are vulnerable under this Supreme Court.”

by Future U/ July 1, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

"We’re heading in the opposite direction from progress."

by Future U/ June 30, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

"Republicans claim $32 million is the amount projected to be spent on DEI programs during the two upcoming years."

by Future U/ June 29, 2023/ Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Patricia McGuire: “So many presidents are disturbingly silent. We are supposed to represent academic and intellectual freedom.”

by Future U/ June 28, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

"Every person trained in humanities teaching/research knows the damage we are sustaining, from the personal to the national."

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

"The budget shortfall, which officials say could rise to $75 million in five years, is largely a result of enrollment …

by Future U/ June 26, 2023/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/