corporatization of higher education Archives

PERSPECTIVES: “Title Inflation” is a Thing in Higher Education

"We (Amherst) now have 10 VPs as well as 15 senior associate, associate or assistant vice presidents."

by Future U/ January 11, 2026/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

"Presidential searches should be faculty-led or, at the least, faculty-driven, with transparency and based on institutional values."

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

"We are turning research and evidence into liabilities. They are the rhetoric of a future world freed of rigorous inquiry."

by Future U/ December 14, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

We talk about resisting, but we wind up playing games.

by Adrian Lenardic/ November 19, 2024/ Public Higher Ed/

A neoliberal view begets a neoliberal critique and leads to neoliberal solutions.

by Future U/ August 17, 2024/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

John Warner: "Those who do not believe in these (enduring) values move institutions in a different direction entirely."

by Future U/ August 25, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

The Neoliberal mindset converts higher education from a forum of ideas to a forum of goods and services.

by John Traphagan/ May 23, 2023/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

“Some institutions took the COVID-19 crisis as an “opportunity to turbocharge the corporate model,” says a new report from the American …

by Future U/ May 26, 2021/ Public Higher Ed/

Why? The University of Kentucky’s John Thelin concludes it’s because universities prefer to be run like a business, embrace the …

by Future U/ August 23, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Stanford’s Geoffrey Cox asserts that “it will be difficult to claim that higher education is a public good if it …

by Future U/ August 17, 2019/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

News sources reported that Bob Young’s payout would be the remainder of his $1.275 million contract. Professor Catherine Lindell, associate …

by Future U/ February 19, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/