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PERSPECTIVES: Wendy Brown on Neoliberalism in the Age of COVID-19

in this one-hour audiocast, Professor Brown is Rob Johnson’s guest (President, Institute for New Economic Thinking) on New Economics and …

by Future U/ April 27, 2021/ Audio, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Podcast/

PERSPECTIVES: Beyond Campus Sustainability–What Higher Education Must Do to Address Climate Change

“The climate crisis is urgent, and together, we in higher education must directly face the coming challenges.” Read more in …

by Future U/ April 26, 2021/ Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Higher Education in America: Does the Premise Hold?

“Colleges have for centuries benefited from the belief that they could provide prospective students, as well as institutions with particular …

by Future U/ April 25, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: Michigan Lawmakers Consider Restricting What Public Universities Can Do to Address COVID

FROM THE MICHIGAN BRIDGE: ‘It’s “befuddling’ said Dan Hurley, CEO of the Michigan Association of State Universities. ‘For a legislative …

by Future U/ April 24, 2021/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: “We Don’t Have the Opportunity to Shower. We Get in Our Bus and Go Back to the Hotel”

Significant gaps exist between men’s and women’s college sports. In this case, it’s softball v. baseball. Read more in this …

by Future U/ April 23, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: U Cal and Cal State Systems Gear Up for Massive Vaccination Effort

FROM THE LA TIMES: “The University of California and California State University announced Thursday that they will require COVID-19 vaccinations …

by Future U/ April 22, 2021/ Public Higher Ed/

Portrait of Major College Athletics Today: Pay the Head Football Coach $4 Million, His Top Assistants $1 Million Each, and Eliminate Cross-Country Because We Don’t Have Enough Money

The original intent of intercollegiate athletics has been perverted–emphasis on amateurism replaced by widescale commercialization and quasi-professionalism.

by Frank Fear/ April 21, 2021/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: “Education Is the Foundation of Democracy, Schooling is the Foundation of Capitalism”

Neoliberalism and Academic Repression: The Fall of Academic Freedom in the Era of Trump Haymarket Books, 2019) co-edited by Erik …

by Future U/ April 20, 2021/ Books, Neoliberalism, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “NCAA Erased My Career”

Former UMass tennis player Brittany Collens writes in The Players’ Tribune: “Our team that won the 2017 Atlantic 10 title …

by Future U/ April 17, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Did Foucault Misjudge Neoliberalism?

Yes, says Daniel Zamora, sociologist, at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. He outlines the reasons why in an interview published …

by Future U/ April 16, 2021/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Why Aren’t Public University Acceptance Rates a Matter of Public Discussion?

In California they certainly are. We’ve featured that issue on these pages, and an important commentary was published in today’s …

by Future U/ April 15, 2021/ Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Another Trustee Acts Deplorably, This Time at University of Richmond

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION: “University of Richmond Faculty Senate on Friday passed a vote of no confidence in Paul Queally, rector …

by Future U/ April 14, 2021/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Pandemic-Related Enrollment Drop Puts Community Colleges at Risk

FROM THE LA TIMES: “Systemwide (in California), more than 260,000 fewer students enrolled in fall 2020 compared with fall 2019, a …

by Future U/ April 13, 2021/ Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Back and Forth on College Access Has Gaps

Recently published commentaries and news reports about college access can leave readers shaking their heads. As pressure has built to …

by Future U/ April 12, 2021/ Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Outmigration Has This Chancellor Worried

Last week, State University of New York Chancellor Kristina Johnson told state lawmakers that SUNY enrollment could drop by “tens …

by Future U/ April 11, 2021/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/