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VIRTUAL FORUM: “The Quantified Scholar” with Professor Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra

FutureU is pleased to host Professor Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra, the University of California, San Diego, who will join us on Wednesday, …

by Future U/ September 25, 2021/

NEWS BRIEFS: Elementary School to be Named Today After Former MSU Dean and Civil Rights Leader

Elaine Hardy in The State News: “Black people that lived in East Lansing and bought homes likely through white proxy-buyers, …

by Future U/ September 24, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: MSU Students Launch Change.org Petition re MSU’s COVID Policies

Issues faced upon returning for Fall Semester prompts action.

by Future U/ September 23, 2021/ MSU, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: New UnKockMyCampus Report Highlights Koch Network Impact in K-12 Education

"With this funding, The Koch network is spreading their ideas, including climate disinformation and free-market philosophy." 

by Future U/ September 22, 2021/ Education, Neoliberalism, Society/

VIDEO: Discussion of New Book, “In the Struggle: Scholars and the Fight Against Industrial Agribusiness in California”

Watch co-authors Daniel J. O’Connell and Scott J. Peters discuss their new book, In the Struggle: Scholars and the Fight Against Industrial Agriculture …

by Future U/ September 21, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Virtual Forum: “The Engaged University,” Working to Advance African Higher Education

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 9:00AM - 10:30AM EDT (UTC −04:00) 

by Future U/ September 20, 2021/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Video/

AUDIOCAST: Discussion of New Book, “In the Struggle: Scholars and the Fight Against Industrial Agribusiness in California”

Listen to co-authors Daniel J. O'Connell and Scott J. Peters discuss their new book.

by Future U/ September 19, 2021/ Audio, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Podcast, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “It Wasn’t the Policies or Procedures that Failed; It Was the People in Charge”

Another hard-hitting commentary authored by Sally Jenkins and published in The Washington Post.

by Future U/ September 18, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “They Underestimated the Degree of Corruption”

O'Connell and Peters chronicle the century-long effort by eight scholar-activists to push back against Big Ag.

by Future U/ September 17, 2021/ Book Review, Books, Perspectives, Society/

Next FutureU Forum, Fri., Sept. 17, Focuses on Politically Engaged Scholarship

The scholar's role should not be bounded exclusively by scientific discovery, publishing, and teaching.

by Future U/ September 16, 2021/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “We’re Not Islands,” Conclusion from Presidential Forum

Forum on the impact of COVID-19 on higher ed.

by Future U/ September 15, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Higher Ed, Like Rest of Society, Struggles with Vax Mandates

Cleveland State University is an example.

by Future U/ September 14, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: New Texas Law Poses Threat to Student Voting

A new Texas law imposes new restrictions on voting.

by Future U/ September 13, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Food Insecurity Impedes Many College Students from Graduating

Study finds that food insecure individuals were 43 percent less likely to graduate.

by Future U/ September 12, 2021/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Neoliberal Capitalism Has Infiltrated and Changed Our Institutions, Including Higher Ed

Ira Harkavy and Rita A. Hodges: “Neoliberalism valorizes education for profit, not virtue; students as consumers, not producers of knowledge; academics as …

by Future U/ September 11, 2021/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/