combatting neoliberalism in higher education Archives

PERSPECTIVES: “To Use Universities in This Way is a Betrayal of the Enlightenment Values that Make Universities Humane Institutions”

Change requires people "connecting to their emotional being (the part that stands appalled) and declaring, "NO! Enough!"

by Future U/ April 7, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

'Higher Education is under assault and we must defend it if the institution vital to democratic civil society is to …

by Future U/ October 24, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society, Video/

"All of us must step up"!

by Future U/ October 23, 2025/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society, Video/

Reichman: "Gee’s new OSU appointment; arguably the symbiotic relationship between neoliberal administrators & illiberal government interference."

by Future U/ August 31, 2025/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

"The neoliberal attack with roots in the early 20th century may go back to the origins of the U.S. higher …

by Future U/ May 22, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed/

Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 11:00 - 12:30 PM Eastern Time

by Future U/ February 23, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, FutureU Forum, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Public Higher Ed/

In The New York Review, Pace’s Sarah Blackwood describes a Draconian situation, growth with compression and the fight to survive. …

by Future U/ February 12, 2024/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

"We must be attentive to seemingly trivial changes that signal a reconfiguration of academic institutions as businesses."

by John Traphagan/ September 4, 2023/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

"Let’s demand that our institutions take steps to raise the quality of an undergraduate education."

by Future U/ August 4, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Against Entrepreneurship: Educations, Nations, and Inequalities Thursday, August 10, 1:30p, Eastern Time

by Future U/ June 17, 2023/

Claire Polster offers a theory of change and strategies for returning higher ed to its roots as a public-serving institution.

by Future U/ May 25, 2023/ FutureU Forum, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society, Video/

Featuring Professor Claire Polster with commentary offered by Professor Nathan Rousseau.

by Future U/ May 21, 2023/ Audio, FutureU Forum, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

"We can move toward the self-realization that we are the system. If we rage, we rage against ourselves, against our …

by Adrian Lenardic/ April 15, 2023/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

The New Books Network's series, How to be Wrong, is co-hosted by John W. Traphagan and John Kaag.

by Future U/ January 9, 2023/ Audio, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

FutureU Forum on Neoliberalism in Higher Education (July 2022)

by Future U/ July 23, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Video/