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FUTUREU AUDIO: Higher Education Under Siege

Listen to the audio via Spotify, Apple, and Google podcasts and at Overcast.

by Future U/ April 2, 2023/ Education, FutureU Forum, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Podcast, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: A Reporter’s Question Was Met With Silence … 40 Times Over

In Florida, "public college presidents are in a no-win scenario: silence equals compliance, speaking out carries risk."

by Future U/ April 1, 2023/ Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed/

FUTUREU FORUM, MARCH 29, Noon-1:30p: The Culture War Targets Higher Education

The Right is targeting Public Higher Education, and it is not hyperbolic to say, "I've never seen anything like it!" 

by Future U/ March 27, 2023/ Education, FutureU Forum, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “DeSantis Maintains that Teaching the Truth about Racism Fosters “Hate” in Schools. Nothing Could be Further from the Truth.”

"It’s through conversations that we can hope to make things better, or, at the very least, prevent destructive reoccurrence."

by Future U/ March 26, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Being Transparent and Accountable is the Only Way Forward,” Utah President Taylor Randall

"Univ. of Utah will hold "listening sessions" regarding the murder of student-athlete Lauren McCluskey."

by Future U/ March 25, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

FUTUREU FORUM: The Culture War Targets Higher Education

It is not hyperbolic to say, “I’ve never seen anything like it!” when it comes to recent legislative intrusion into …

by Future U/ March 25, 2023/

PERSPECTIVES: “Why Would DeSantis Rather Destroy Florida Universities than Allow Students to Encounter Ideas He Doesn’t Like?”

"Faculty at Florida’s public universities are on notice: Step out of line, you’ll pay the price."

by Future U/ March 24, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Major College Sports Subverted By How NIL is Being Implemented

(It is making college athletics)...a version of the professional minor leagues."

by Future U/ March 23, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society, Video/

AAUP President: “Academic Freedom and DEI are not Mutually Exclusive or in Competition”

AAUP President Irene Mulvey disagrees with commentators who question the academic freedom-DEI relationship.

by Future U/ March 22, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Are College Athletes Getting a Quality Education?

Virtual forum, Thursday, March 30, 2-3:30p., Eastern Time

by Future U/ March 21, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Faculty Have First Amendment Rights, Too

"Current efforts in Florida subvert academic freedom and assert governmental control over faculty speech in public higher ed."

by Future U/ March 20, 2023/ Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Ohio Senate Bill 83 Designed to Rein In Higher Education

Bill requires that students take a course/pass an exam regarding an American Exceptionalist version of U.S. History.

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

NEWS BRIEFS: Furman Paladins Win NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament (sort of)

"Our system determines the winners of each game by comparing the academic performance of teams."

by Future U/ March 18, 2023/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: “Meddling in Education” is Another Term for NC House Bill 187

"If elected officials want to help education, then spend time in schools, listen to stakeholders, and read studies and reports."

by Roger Barbee/ March 17, 2023/ Education, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: MSU Isn’t Alone, So What Can the University Learn from Other Campus Shooting Incidents?

Northern Illinois U police chief: "Once you have experienced something like this, you are never the same."

by Future U/ March 16, 2023/ Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives, Society/