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NEWS BRIEFS: In Battle Over DEI Cuts, Wisconsin Legislature Seeks to Withhold Already Approved Faculty Salary Increases

"Allow raises only if the state university system gives the Legislature power to approve new university positions."

by Future U/ November 2, 2023/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: U.S. Education Department Levies Historic Fine, But Was It Justified?

Aaron Ament: "Deceptive for-profit graduate programs are a large and growing part of America’s higher education crisis."

by Future U/ November 1, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Why Universities Should Not Take Sides in War

"A university must 'sustain an extraordinary environment of freedom of inquiry' and a consistent 'independence from political fashions, passions, and …

by Future U/ October 31, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Censured For Not Taking the “Right” Position?

"To censure Rashida Tlaib would be to censure democracy itself."

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

PERSPECTIVES: “Following Market Trends is Not ‘Liberal’ in the Original Sense of the Word”

But following market trends is Neoliberalism--Neoliberalism in higher education.

by Future U/ October 25, 2023/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Moral Collapse of a Christian University

"Liberty's cultural and political approach turns Christian theology on its head."

by Future U/ October 24, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Bad Things Come in Threes, Just Ask Michigan State

Sunday on Reddit: "As a Spartan, can we go 6 months without a scandal or controversy?"

by Future U/ October 23, 2023/ MSU, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: Athletic Philanthropy Has Turned Major College Sports Upside Down

Congress may act to regulate NIL collectives and other aspects of major college sports.

by Future U/ October 22, 2023/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Higher Education Must Engage Seriously in a Self-Check

"Liberal education should be built around critical thinking and moral/logical reasoning."

by Future U/ October 21, 2023/ Higher Ed, Society/

ACADEMIC MANAGEMENT PRIMER: How to Cut Departments and Come Out Blame-Free

This essay offers insights for free, but know that this piece will be paywalled soon, so act quickly.

by Adrian Lenardic and Anthony Covington/ October 20, 2023/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: What Can Former FL Public U Presidents Do About Florida’s Public Higher Education?

Speak out, which they did collectively on October 18.

by Future U/ October 19, 2023/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Community Engagement Isn’t Just What Faculty Do, It’s What Higher Ed Institutions Need to Do

A George Mason University report describes how college and universities are responding.

by Future U/ October 18, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Faculty Receive Pink Slips in Morgantown

"The wholesale gutting of an institution is not the way to address those (financial) concerns."

by Future U/ October 17, 2023/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Diversity in Higher Education?

Since 2011, there has been little progress nationally in college enrollment diversity.

by Future U/ October 16, 2023/ Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: DeSantis Continues His Purge of Florida Public Higher Education

Miami Herald Editorial: “It’s ludicrous to say that Florida’s renowned university system is more preoccupied with churning out “woke” students …

by Future U/ October 15, 2023/ News Briefs, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/