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NEWS BRIEFS: Before the State Legislature Acted, This Major State University Disbanded Its DEI Office

The University of Arkansas is the first university in the country to do so without a state mandate for board …

by Future U/ June 21, 2023/ Public Higher Ed/

FUTUREU FORUM Tu, June 20, LIVE with Dr. John W. Traphagan, “Neoliberalism and the Quantification of Quality in Higher Ed”

Tuesday, June 20, 9a, Eastern Time, LIVE on YouTube.

by Future U/ June 20, 2023/ FutureU Forum, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

COMMENTARY: So, You Want To Be a University Administrator?

"As long as the metrics line up, the optics will line up, and everything will be good in university land."

by John Traphagan/ June 19, 2023/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Why America’s College and Universities Don’t Take Social Positions

"A century ago, universities were hotbeds of political reaction."

by Future U/ June 18, 2023/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

FUTUREU FORUM with Dr. Kirsty Morrin, “Against Entrepreneurship”

Against Entrepreneurship: Educations, Nations, and Inequalities Thursday, August 10, 1:30p, Eastern Time

by Future U/ June 17, 2023/

PERSPECTIVES: Recomposition of the Faculty is an Anti-Tenure Move

"Administrators effectively eliminate tenure (when they) build faculties in which contingent positions are the majority,"

by Future U/ June 16, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Maureen Dowd’s NYT Commentary on the Humanities Caused a Stir

Maureen Dowd, writing in the New York Times: “Republicans have consecrated themselves to a war against qualities once cherished by …

by Future U/ June 15, 2023/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: “Do You Have a Hill on Which You are Willing to Die? If so, Will You Show Up When the Time Comes?”

"The hills on which leaders were once willing to die are less defended now, and that is a serious problem." …

by Future U/ June 14, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: With Churn Over College Rankings, US News & World Report Changes Methodology

"New rankings remove alumni giving, faculty with highest degrees, class size, and high school standing of entering students."

by Future U/ June 13, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: History of U.S. Higher Education is Revealing

Responsiveness to market forces is a distinguishing feature of the U.S. higher education system.

by Future U/ June 12, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: A Sign of Our Times — A University Litigates Against Its Own

“It’s time for the administration to get serious and give graduate workers an offer that meets our needs,”

by Future U/ June 11, 2023/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: As State Governor Criticizes DEI, These Public University Presidents Push Forward

"These two presidents defend their commitment to creating more diverse, equitable and inclusive campuses."

by Future U/ June 10, 2023/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Congress Investigates Faculty Who Study Disinformation

"Academics under the microscope are studying (among other subjects) false claims about the 2020 election and COVID-19."

by Future U/ June 9, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

COMMENTARY: I Have Ten Vice Presidents

"If you had told me ten years ago that passion could be taken out of university faculty members, I would …

by Adrian Lenardic/ June 8, 2023/ Public Higher Ed/

COMMENTARY: “Lucky Hank” Fails to Dramatize Today’s Siege on Higher Education

"AMC's, Lucky Hank, is based on the novel Straight Man (1997), which was released during a different era of higher …

by Frank Fear/ June 7, 2023/ Film review, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/