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PERSPECTIVES: History Tells Us, Beware of the Military-Industrial-Academic Complex

"As more of physics research is funded by the military, it is important to learn the full history of our …

by Future U/ March 4, 2022/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Neoliberal Higher Ed? No Question. What About the Faculty?

"Neoliberalism and Neoliberal initiatives may be tied to faculty behaviors in subtle and covert ways." 

by Future U/ March 3, 2022/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

FUTUREU Forum: Boundary Issues in the Commercialization of Revenue-Generating College Sports

The sports are moving farther away from their amateur roots, tenuously connected with their higher education host. 

by Future U/ March 1, 2022/ Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society, Video/

NEWS BRIEFS: University of Chicago Leads the Way, New Department Created

Faculty-led effort leads to the establishment of a new department, the Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity.

by Future U/ February 24, 2022/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

THIS FRIDAY: FutureU Forum Explores “How Far is Too Far?” in Major College Revenue-Generating Sports

"What do we what college football to be, and how do we make sure it still fits inside a university …

by Future U/ February 21, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: We Filed a Lawsuit Against Princeton, Here’s Why

It's about the university's continued endowment nvestments in fossil fuel industries.

by Future U/ February 20, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Micro-Credentialing,” Higher Ed’s Shiny New Thing

Targeted, short-term training for the workplace.

by Future U/ February 19, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Student-Faculty Pushback at Brown, Concerns Raised about Koch Funding

Faculty vote for more time to study the proposal.

by Future U/ February 18, 2022/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: HBCU Targeting Continues, Howard’s Women’s Lacrosse Team This Time

Women's lacrosse team target of racist language/threats in a road game at Presbyterian College.

by Future U/ February 16, 2022/ News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: Community College in Michigan is Tuition-Free … For Some, But Not Others

"Only 32 of Michigan’s 83 counties are covered by a community college district, where a property tax millage is part …

by Future U/ February 14, 2022/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Purpose of Higher Education, “The Search for Truth”? “Inquiry” Say These Professors

"The pursuit of truth does not come close to capturing the range of research and teaching at colleges and universities …

by Future U/ February 13, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: At SUNY College at Fredonia, Is it a Case of Academic Freedom, Moral Turpitude, or Both?

School's president calls comments "reprehensible." Faculty Senate "condemns as it recognizes his right to make these statements." 

by Future U/ February 12, 2022/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: At Florida State, A Campus Building Linked to a History of Illness, Disease, and Death

Report links the facility to eight cancer cases among faculty members and former students. Three of the eight have died.

by Future U/ February 11, 2022/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

PESPECTIVES: Military-Related Research, Big Business for Higher Education

The case of UC Santa Barabara.

by Future U/ February 10, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: West Virginia U Suspends Fraternity for Hazing

The suspension "bars Delta Chi fraternity from recruitment activities and attending and organizing social functions,"

by Future U/ February 9, 2022/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/