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PERSPECTIVES: Will Activism Save Michigan State’s Swimming and Diving Programs?

1997 alumnus Tom Munley: “Next year is going to be the 100th season…. Michigan State’s mantra is ‘Spartans Will.’ That’s …

by Future U/ November 5, 2020/ Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives/

Why Are We Struggling in this Pandemic? Some Thoughts to Consider

The pandemic rages around the world. Even isolated villages and towns feel the impact of COVID-19. In Europe, leaders are …

by Roger Barbee/ November 4, 2020/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Impacts of Neoliberalism? Add Mental Health to the List

AYEISHA THOMAS-SMITH makes the case in her essay This is Your Brain on Neoliberalism, published last month by the New …

by Future U/ November 3, 2020/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Clemson Sit-In Ends, President Responds to Student Demands

Since October 21, The Students for Survivors Coalition had been participating in a campus sit-in, demanding university resources for victims …

by Future U/ November 2, 2020/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: In the Face of Large Enrollment Declines, PA State System Cuts 115 Faculty Lines

Cuts include faculty members with tenure. Indiana U of PA and Edinboro U were hit hardest with 80 and 21 …

by Future U/ November 1, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

Mother Got My Attention By Saying “Shame on You!”

There’s no place for racist language, especially when it’s uttered by a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Shame …

by Roger Barbee/ October 31, 2020/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Michigan State Eliminates Swimming and Diving, Activists Organize to Respond

FROM THE LANSING STATE JOURNAL: “In the week since the announcement …. a movement has started. It began with an …

by Future U/ October 30, 2020/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: Why are Black Employees Sharply Underrepresented in Higher Ed’s Top Ranks?

FROM ‘INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION’: Fewer than 8% of administrators are Black or African American, while more than 80% are white. …

by Future U/ October 29, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: VMI Superintendent Resigns, Result of Longstanding Allegations of Campus Racism

“In 2005, the school was forced to investigate cadets who dressed up in costumes parodying Nazis, Africans, and gay people. …

by Future U/ October 28, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Davidson College Alumni Organize in Response to Fellow Alum’s Racist Tweet

FROM THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER: On Twitter, U.S. Rep. Greg Murphy, a Davidson alum, said this about Kamala Harris’ race and …

by Future U/ October 27, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Statewide University Board Elections Victim of “Hyper-Partisan Politics”

It’s time to rethink the wisdom of having to get party approval for candidates to appear on statewide ballots. Read …

by Future U/ October 26, 2020/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: When a College Fight Song is Steeped in Racism

Christine Brennen writing in USA Today: “Tradition is lovely until we realize it’s racist or sexist or just plain awful. …

by Future U/ October 25, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: At Southern Cal, “Two Determined Women Spoke Out” and “Ugly Attacks over Racism, Anti-Semitism, Zionism Took Over”

From the LA Times: “Inside USC and beyond, their conflict grew into a fierce debate between free speech and hate …

by Future U/ October 24, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

Should College Sports Be Played This Year? A Student-Athlete’s Take

How would you feel if your season was taken away from you in a blink of an eye? Not having …

by Anna Newman/ October 23, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Transitioning From Neoliberal to Necroliberal–Is Higher Education There, Too?

Professors Benjamin Balthaser and Bill V. Mullen: “Cameroonian philosopher Achille Mbembe revises Foucault’s neologism (the term, ‘biopolitical’) in his groundbreaking …

by Future U/ October 22, 2020/ Public Higher Ed/