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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/

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: Beyond The Neoliberal University

Todd Wolfson and Astra Taylor: “We see an opportunity to reimagine the public university of the twenty-first century. But to …
by Future U/ September 21, 2020/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Protests Continue at University of Michigan

“Anger from faculty members, staff, and students toward the Michigan administration had been brewing for months, but in early September, …
by Future U/ September 16, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Canisius College Cuts Faculty Positions, Protest Petition Launched

From CHANGE.ORG: “Canisius is slowly but surely turning into a monstrous creature of higher ed, combining the worst practices of …
by Future U/ July 22, 2020/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: ‘Pissed Off MSU’ Issues ‘Disorientation Guide’

“Oppression breeds resistance,” writes Pissed Off MSU. “Students and youth have fought back every step of the way… It is …
by Future U/ May 21, 2019/ MSU, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Pissed Off Spartans Establish New Organization, ‘Pissed Off MSU’

“Pissed Off MSU hopes to build a grassroots movement against university fallouts and cover-ups, said Duncan Tarr, an alumnus who …
by Future U/ September 26, 2018/ MSU, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: Is Activism Bad For Your Academic Health?

“My advisor argued that I needed to maybe begin toning it down because what I needed right now is science publications …
by Future U/ August 15, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: The Skinny On ‘Speech First’: It’s Not What It Appears To Be

A watchdog group? A student group? It’s different…and more. Read an investigative report published by The Nation.
by Future U/ July 11, 2018/ Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: MSU Reforms Look Like ….

From The Detroit Free Press, reforms might include: changing the Board’s governance structure; mandating that the new president be approved …
by Future U/ May 20, 2018/ MSU, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Being Black On Campus

Read how African Americans are fighting back against racism. It’s from The Nation.
by Future U/ May 17, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Supporters, Protesters Clash At Spencer Talk At Michigan State

Read more from The Lansing State Journal.
by Future U/ March 6, 2018/ MSU, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Two Types Of Student Activists

Chris Purcell of Vanderbilt University writes about what he calls burners and builders. It’s from Inside Higher Education.
by Future U/ December 6, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Paying The Price For Campus Upheaval, University of Missouri, Columbia

Freshman enrollment is down significantly, especially among African Americans. Read more here.
by Future U/ July 11, 2017/ Articles, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: When Do College Protests Go Too Far?

Is Bethune-Cookman an example? Read this commentary published recently in USAToday.
by Future U/ May 16, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/
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