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NEWS BRIEFS: Public Continues to Sour on the Value of a College Degree

Gallup: Public perception of a college education hits a 15-year low.

by Future U/ September 14, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

COMMENTARY: Both-And Necessary in Kirk’s Killing: Denounce the Act and Deplore Kirk’s Rhetoric

The killing of Charlie Kirk was wrong, but his rhetoric was strident and dismissive. 

by Roger Barbee/ September 13, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Diversity at Risk (Again), This Time Leading to Multiple HBCU Lockdowns

Rev. Al Sharpton: "Colleges should be a place of free expression that’s respectful, engaging. What we have seen is anything …

by Future U/ September 12, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Charlie Kirk Spewed Hate Messages on Campuses Across America

“Do you know how many transgender Americans have been mass shooters over the last 10 years?” an audience member asked. …

by Future U/ September 11, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Trump Administration Intends to Nix Already Approved Allocation to Minority-Serving Higher Ed

David Mendez, Hispanic Assoc of Colleges & Universities: “This isn't just a budget cut; it is an attack on equity …

by Future U/ September 10, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Bethany Letiecq on George Mason U

The stakes could not be higher...with governance reduced to unilateral decisions. GMU could become the next New College."

by Future U/ September 9, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: “I Directed the Provost to Remove the Dean and Department Head, Effective Immediately”

"Last week, the Texas Tribune shared results of a study showing that many professors want to leave the state because …

by Future U/ September 8, 2025/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society, Teaching/

NEWS BRIEFS: Northwestern President, Under Political Pressure from the Rightwing, Resigns Post

Trump Administration: "We hope (NU) will seize this opportunity (presidential change) to Make Northwestern Great Again.”

by Future U/ September 7, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: FIRE Sues U Texas System on Students’ Behalf, Contending Student Protest Restrictions are Unconstitutional

FIRE: "University students have expressive freedom, and Texas can’t just legislate constitutional protections out of existence.”

by Future U/ September 6, 2025/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Trump’s Incursion of Higher Ed (Let Me Find the Ways to Hurt You) Includes Restricting International Student Enrollment

Rachel Banks: “It raises serious concerns about the ability for (American schools) to remain the top universities in the world.” …

by Future U/ September 5, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Texas Tech, Prime Example of Conservative Capture of Higher Ed

Andrew Martin, TTU's AAUP chapter: "Our chapter has actively opposed some of the legislation that Sen. Creighton has authored.”

by Future U/ September 4, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Complicity in Higher Education AKA Insiders as Enablers

Benjamin Robinson, Indiana University: "The disaster that we fear is happening to us."

by Future U/ September 3, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Battle for “Viewpoint Diversity” Intensifies

Letter to Harvard: "Federally approved external party to “audit the student body, faculty, staff, and leadership for viewpoint diversity.”

by Future U/ September 2, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives/

VIDEO: Newsom: Trump Demands, “Not Just About UCLA”

Newsom says it's "extortion," and threatened to sue over it. It's about “anybody or any institution that disagrees."

by Future U/ September 1, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Gee’s Ohio State Appointment is Raising Eyebrows, Why Would He?

Reichman: "Gee’s new OSU appointment; arguably the symbiotic relationship between neoliberal administrators & illiberal government interference."

by Future U/ August 31, 2025/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/