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NEWS BRIEFS: Florida’s Dept of Ed Bans Math Textbooks, Critical Race Theory Among Reasons

From CNN: “The Florida Department of Education announced Friday the state has rejected more than 50 math textbooks from next …

by Future U/ April 17, 2022/ Education, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “English?! Who Needs English?”

Cuts at Purdue questioned.

by Future U/ April 16, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The End of Neoliberalism?

Neoliberalism "was able to attract such strange bedfellows as Steve Jobs and Barry Goldwater, Ralph Nader and Ronald Reagan, and …

by Future U/ April 15, 2022/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Review of New Campus-Based Film, “Master”

"It is a tricky proposition to be "in" but not "of" an oppressive culture."

by Frank Fear/ April 14, 2022/ Film review, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Larry Busch on “What Good is Higher Education?”

Keynote presentation, "Neoliberalism and Public Higher Education"

by Future U/ April 13, 2022/ Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society, Video/

NEWS BRIEFS: With Varsity Teams Eliminated, MSU Swimmers Join Club Team, Earn National Crown

"We are ready to resume at the varsity level as soon as they are." Travis Nitkiewicz, MSU junior.

by Future U/ April 12, 2022/ MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Is “Institutional Complacency” the Reason for CMU’s Steep Enrollment Drop?

CMU's enrollment has dropped 12k students from 27k undergrads (2012) to 15k undergrads (2022).

by Future U/ April 11, 2022/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Student Debt Crisis Hits Black Women Hardest

"Black women carry more student debt per capita, carry it for longer, make less money, and have less help when …

by Future U/ April 10, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: “The Ordinary Trajectory…to Attend Another Four Years of School (is) Arbitrary, Purposeless, and Even Absurd.”

"We could be a society of solidly educated people if we improved and bolstered public education while reclassifying a college …

by Future U/ April 8, 2022/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: UW Chancellor Resigns, Protests Systemwide ‘Free Speech’ Survey

Faculty Senate President: (chancellor's resignation is) “a demonstration of what it means to live by your principles.”

by Future U/ April 7, 2022/ Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: “Astonishing, Remarkable” Case of Academic Freedom

"It’s astonishing to me that a tenured professor who is not being punished in any way can receive an outpouring …

by Future U/ April 6, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: “Tale of Two Cities” Describes Enrollment Trends in Michigan Public Higher Ed

Over the past decade: -46k enrollment at 12 Michigan state universities, +8k increase at three Michigan state universities.

by Future U/ April 5, 2022/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

Authors from SOCIAL JUSTICE (Vol. 48, No. 2) on Neoliberalism in Higher Education

SOCIAL JUSTICE (Vol. 48, No. 2) “Neoliberalism in Higher Education: Practices, Policies, and Issues” The volume co-editors will introduce today’s …

by Future U/ April 4, 2022/

FUTUREU YouTube: John S. Levin on Academic and Market Values in Higher Education

FutureU Forum recorded on March 28, 2022.

by Future U/ April 4, 2022/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Podcast, Video/

PERSPECTIVES: Central Michigan U, Among other Michigan Public Universities, in Throes of Significant Enrollment Decline

"The Mount Pleasant university, like many colleges, lost students during the COVID-19 pandemic. But CMU's 22% loss was the largest …

by Future U/ April 3, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/