Future U

PERSPECTIVE: Principled Neutrality? Bunk, Professor Says

"Since their founding, universities have been moral and political actors."

by Future U/ May 7, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Cuts Looming for This State Flagship University

“We are repositioning ourselves today to be a responsive, relevant university system of the future.”

by Future U/ May 6, 2023/ Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Are We Exchanging Ideas Worth Sharing on Social Media?

"We can take steps to push back against the slayer of reason."

by George Styles and J.W. Traphagan/ May 5, 2023/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “The Fight for Higher Education Must Be a Fight for the Library as Well”

'The project for those of us committed to the freedom of expression is to intervene when we see public institutions …

by Future U/ May 4, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Rocky Road from Community Colleges to Four-Year Schools?

National Student Clearinghouse: 1 in 7 students starting community college in 2016 earned a bachelor’s degree within six years.

by Future U/ May 3, 2023/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

COMMENTARY: The Rubricization of Higher Education, Implications and Consequences

Rubricization misleads people, particularly administrators, into believing that the assessment is objective and valid. Furthermore, fitting people and programs into …

by John Traphagan/ May 2, 2023/ Education, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: Five Professors Are Latest Casualties in Florida’s Culture War

AAUP: "Academic freedom, shared governance, and respect for mutually-approved procedures have been thrown under the bus."

by Future U/ May 1, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Navigating the Professional World Without a College Degree

"The real power of education...looking up my educational background and wondering what right I had to be there."

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

PERSPECTIVES: So Mr. Brown Says, “DEI is Dead” ….

The confusing and problematic message makes sense. (Spoiler alert: Consider the messenger.)

by Roger Barbee/ April 29, 2023/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “ESG” Funds Turning Out of Favor?

Nearly half of U.S. states have either barred or are seeking to bar investing state-run investment in ESG-related funds.

by Future U/ April 28, 2023/ Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Commonwealth of Virginia’s Chief Diversity Office Tells Audience, “DEI is Dead”

Brown said, “What we’ve done is we’ve made diversity the mission. Wrong mission."

by Future U/ April 27, 2023/ Education, Public Higher Ed, Video/

NEWS BRIEFS: Amid Grad Instructors’ Strike, University of Michigan’s Administration Wants Surrogates To Submit Spring Semester Grades

“Bypassing faculty-of-record and hiring third-party graders is infringing on faculty freedom.”

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

NEWS BRIEFS: Cornell University Says No To “Trigger Warnings”

Cornell's president & provost: "We cannot accept this resolution, the actions are at odds with the goals of a Cornell …

by Future U/ April 25, 2023/ Public Higher Ed/

Reject the Rubric: Reject the Neoliberal Quantocracy in Higher Education

Rubrics exemplify the idea that everything must be reduced to numbers to measure performance objectively. This makes no sense when …

by John Traphagan/ April 24, 2023/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Community Engagement with Impact in a City (Flint, MI) That Needs It

"Rx Kids is a collaboration among Michigan State Univ., Univ. of Michigan, and the Flint-based Charles Stewart Mott Foundation."

by Future U/ April 23, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/