administrative choices Archives

administrative choices Archive

COMMENTARY: “Capitulating to the Assault on Higher Education Will Only Bring More Attacks”

"Remember what Martin Luther King Jr. taught us about being complacent when civil rights are on the line."

by Future U/ April 9, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Question Posed at East Lansing Rally, “Will Michigan State Administration Follow U Michigan’s Lead?”

"Participants shouted “We fight fascism!” as the rally concluded."

by Future U/ March 31, 2025/ MSU, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: University of Michigan, Long-time Champion, Closes Its Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Rebekah Modrak, chair Faculty Senate: ""Univ of Michigan leaders seem determined to comply/collaborate in our destruction."

by Future U/ March 29, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

COMMENTARY By J.W. Traphagan: Why We Need Language Instruction in Higher Education

"As administrators cut programs to save money, they need to think about the purpose of education in a democratic society."

by John Traphagan/ March 1, 2025/ Education, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

COMMENTARY: “The Document’s Authoritarian Echoes are Hard to Ignore”

"Faculty in all fields reject political interference in the management of university curricula."

by Future U/ February 22, 2025/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Middle East Studies Association of North America Decries MIT Course Denial

"We call on MIT to publicly and forcefully reiterate its commitment to the principles of academic freedom."

by Future U/ February 21, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: “Thoughtful Restraint,” Michigan State U’s Position on Issuing Institutional Statements About Controversial Public Matters

"Using the institution’s voice for any but the most critical purposes risks undermining academic freedom, chilling free expression, and silencing …

by Future U/ December 23, 2024/ MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: In National Collegiate Survey, Over 9 of 10 Students Say “My Campus Should Create Program(s) to Promote Civil Dialogue”

In the faculty survey: Most popular option was offering optional faculty training on facilitating conversations in the classroom."

by Future U/ December 22, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: Idaho Education Board Bans DEI Units at Idaho’s Public Universities

U of I President: “We are disappointed, but not surprised, given what has happened in other states.”

by Future U/ December 21, 2024/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: We’ve Seen This Before … Despite External Audit Results to the Contrary, a University Cuts Faculty Positions

(last October) "94 non-tenure track faculty were notified their jobs were on the chopping block."

by Future U/ December 18, 2024/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Undergraduate Student Writes, “I’ve been Terrified by the Meekness of (College) Administrators Since the Election”

"I hope they can chart a path toward principled leadership rather than fearful obedience and blind enforcement."

by Future U/ December 17, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

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