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NEWS BRIEFS: Nearly 23,000 Books Have Been Banned in U.S. Since 2021

(Book bans) "are symptoms of a much larger disease: the dismantling of public education and a backsliding democracy."

by Roger Barbee/ October 1, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Majority of Political Scientists Surveyed Believe U.S. is Sliding From a Liberal Democracy to Authoritarianism

Steven Levitsky, government prof, Harvard Univ: "It is certainly reversible, but we are no longer living in a liberal democracy."

by Future U/ April 24, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Censured For Not Taking the “Right” Position?

"To censure Rashida Tlaib would be to censure democracy itself."

by Future U/ October 30, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

COMMENTARY: Homeschooling and the Attack on Democracy

Education needs to prepare children to function in a socially and intellectually diverse society.

by John Traphagan/ May 13, 2023/ Education, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Donor/UVA Collaborate on $100 Million Initiative on Democracy

The Karsh Institute of Democracy will “elevate the practical understanding and promotion of democratic principles.” Institutionally, it will coordinate the …

by Future U/ June 4, 2021/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Academics Author/Sign ‘Statement of Concern’ About ‘Threats to American Democracy’

“It is not just our venerated institutions and norms that are at risk—it is our future national standing, strength, and …

by Future U/ June 3, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Education Is the Foundation of Democracy, Schooling is the Foundation of Capitalism”

Neoliberalism and Academic Repression: The Fall of Academic Freedom in the Era of Trump Haymarket Books, 2019) co-edited by Erik …

by Future U/ April 20, 2021/ Books, Neoliberalism, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Alice Dreger: “Democracy Depends on Having a Public Capable of Thinking”

“Democracy depends on a large public capable of at least occasionally being moved by principle and mind, not only tribe …

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

PERSPECTIVES: Good Teaching and Good Public Leadership, The Connection

USC’s Prof. Viet Thanh Nguyen offers insightful connections. Read it at the New York Times.

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

PERSPECTIVES: ‘It’s Better To Understand Than to Be Understood’ Applies to College Administration, Too

Here’s a thoughtful rationale, published recently by Governance. Take heed deans, provosts, presidents, and board members.

by Future U/ March 26, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: AAUP Issues Statement On The Direction Of Gender and Gender Studies

“The effort to establish a legal definition of gender as binary could lead to denying research funding to scholars and to impugning …

by Future U/ November 10, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Henry Giroux On Charlottesville, Neo-Nazis, And Higher Education’s Challenge

Read Giroux’s take in TruthDig. (Published originally — shorter version — in The Conversation.)

by Future U/ September 10, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Is Campus Speech ‘Free’?

Universities are good at making corporate calls. But are they adept when it comes to acting for the public good? …

by Future U/ September 4, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Chomsky On Neoliberalism And Democracy

It’s from an interview published in The Nation.

by Future U/ June 6, 2017/ Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: H. Clinton’s Wellesley Address Emphasizes Importance of Truth-Telling

Her graduation address focused on the challenges ahead. Read more in this piece from The Chronicle of Higher Education.

by Future U/ June 1, 2017/ Perspectives, Society/