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PERSPECTIVES: Housekeepers Organize With A University as Target

Fascinating story from Cambridge, MA. “Lean In” and read more from The Nation.

by Future U/ March 10, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Shifting Actions Toward US Flag At Hampshire College Yield Diverse Responses

Post-election, the flag on the main flagpole was lowered to half-staff, burned, and later removed altogether–with considerable response, on-campus and -off. …

by Future U/ December 3, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Juan Cole Speaks Out

As always, U. of Michigan’s Juan Cole speaks out on issues of the day. Read two of his post-election articles–about universities at risk and …

by Future U/ November 17, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: University of Michigan Celebrates Jesse Jackson’s Activism

Jackson will deliver a keynote address this Wednesday at an event organized in his honor. Read more.

by Future U/ November 15, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: U. Of Wisconsin Athletes Organize After Racist Incident

Incident with noose at Badger football game prompts action. Black athletes “are loved during competition, but then are subjected to …

by Future U/ November 8, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: College Basketball Star Uses ESPN to Communicate Activist Position

Wisconsin star, Nigel Hayes, used ESPN’s College GameDay program to call out financial choices of the Big Ten and NCAA. Read …

by Future U/ October 17, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “The Professor Wore a Hijab in Solidarity — Then Lost Her Job”

Ruth Graham, Wheaton College alumna, writes expressively about Larycia Hawkins, the first black woman to receive tenure at Wheaton. Hawkins left …

by Future U/ October 14, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: A Case For ‘Disrupting’ Higher Education

Steven Salaita is author of Uncivil Rights: “Those who condemn neoliberalism become uncivil goblins, impenitent radicals, sloppy polemicists, immature agitators, scourges …

by Future U/ October 1, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Incredible Life Of An Engaged College President

John R. Coleman, once president of Haverford College, was an engaged scholar and administrator, including (among other things) organizing college presidents against the …

by Future U/ September 9, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Student-Led “Reclaim OSU” Seeks Greater Accountability and Transparency at Ohio State

Reclaim OSU is a coalition of students fighting for student, employee, and community voices at The Ohio State University.

by Future U/ August 23, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Letter to Stanford U. by Stanford Assoc. of Students for Sexual Assault Prevention

Here are a list of requests made to the Stanford U. administration by a Stanford student organization.

by Future U/ June 9, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Campus Protests Yield Limited Results

Too little, quite limited…. That’s the outcome of a USA Today analysis of what has happened at nearly 20 schools in …

by Future U/ February 29, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: History of Black Activism on American Campuses

“Black Lives Matter has found a place on campuses in the way the civil rights and black power movements once did.”

by Future U/ February 7, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Profiles of Student Activists From Around the U.S.

Who are they? Where are they? Here are profiles of notable student activists and work they’re doing on America’s campuses.

by Future U/ February 3, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Campus Activists Maintain Pressure on Schools to Divest

Student groups are putting pressure on colleges to respond to priority issues. Here’s an example–divesting & combatting global climate change.

by Future U/ January 4, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

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