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PERSPECTIVES: Who Owns the University? (Boards Do)

"'The Autocratic Academy' disabuses faculty members of self-delusions that they have power in the existing arrangements."

by Future U/ December 25, 2023/ Book Review, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: FAU Presidential Search Didn’t Include DeSantis Cronie; Search Process Declared “Flawed”

"Despite the criticism, most FAU trustees have largely stood by the search process, which identified three finalists."

by Future U/ December 24, 2023/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Union Institute and University on Verge of Closing

Financial issues abound, including being evicted from its rented campus location.

by Future U/ December 23, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: Stats Show Enrollment Turnaround at Michigan’s Public Universities

"9 of 15 state schools enrolled more frosh in 2022. Over the past decade, undergrad enrollment is +19% at UM, …

by Future U/ December 22, 2023/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: New McCarthyism on Campus?

"Universities can choose not to give law enforcement license to use criminals statute to punish campus speech."

by Future U/ December 21, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: College Enrollment Down with Male Declines Leading the Way

"The widening of the gender gap in college enrollment is most apparent among White high school graduates."

by Future U/ December 20, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: UC Berkeley Chancellor, “Our Job is to Create a Sense of Belonging for All Students”

No stranger to campus protests, then and now, the Berkeley experience is instructive nationally. Carol Christ offers perspective in this …

by Future U/ December 19, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Broad-Based Federal-Level Student Debt Relief? Situation is Iffy

Prof Jiménez, UC Irvine: “Feds erased more debt (in '23) than has ever been erased," (but) "there's more to do.”

by Future U/ December 18, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: MSU Trustees Flip the Call — Will Release Nassar Documents to Michigan’s Attorney General

Change in stance coincides with hiring a new university president.

by Future U/ December 17, 2023/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Oklahoma Not the Place to Be When It Comes to DEI

OK Governor Kevin Stitt said during a news conference: state’s colleges should focus solely on preparing students for the workforce.

by Future U/ December 16, 2023/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Univ of Arizona Announces $240 Million Deficit, Exacerbated by Transferring Nearly $100 Million to Support UA Athletics

"UA loaned the athletics department $86 million in recent years, Before that, the department had been self-sustaining."

by Future U/ December 15, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Is Scholar-Activism Contributing to Campus Anti-Semitism?

'Nowhere are the dangers of scholar activism more clearly on display than in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."

by Future U/ December 14, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Students Hope for MSU? “I Hope in the Future We’re Not in the News A Lot.”

"Civil engineering junior Emily Schoepke hopes Guskiewicz won’t shy away from having difficult conversations with students."

by Future U/ December 13, 2023/ Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Bradley University Preserves, Eliminates, and Reconfigures Multiple Academic Offerings

University official: “Bradley University will exercise compassion and support throughout this process.”

by Future U/ December 12, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Two Statements Published in ACADEME BLOG Speak Truth to the Situation at the University of Pennsylvania

"Scholarly inquiry is precisely what is needed to serve the public good in a democratic society."

by Future U/ December 11, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society, Video/