"Higher Education is the Enemy" Archives

PERSPECTIVES: “Trump Officials Described Professors as “The Enemy,” and AAUP Goes from Defense to Offense

Prof William A. Herbert, Hunter College collective-bargaining scholar: "This is the greatest attack on higher ed in American history,”

by Future U/ April 25, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Bill supporters claim "indoctrinatation" and assert that a MSU program targeting pregnant mothers and infants is a 'scam.'"

by Future U/ April 23, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

When science is insufficient: Scientists must also safeguard academic freedom and protect themselves from viewpoint discrimination.

by Future U/ April 12, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

"Area studies grew out of World War II. You need to train people with knowledge of these places and encourage …

by Future U/ March 27, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"Whether legislative and gubernatorial intrusions into the operations of public colleges make for better policies is questionable."

by Future U/ February 26, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

"A new survey of college students contradicts Republican rhetoric that campus culture is hostile to right-wing views."

by Future U/ February 24, 2026/ Public Higher Ed/

Lex Zhao: "Trump’s policies are “driving foreign talent away, into the arms of more welcoming nations—even those hostile to us."

by Future U/ January 16, 2026/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

"Based on my five-plus decades of service in higher education this (ongoing criticism of higher education) makes no sense."

by Future U/ November 5, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

"There’s no institutional experience or cohesion among administrators, boards, faculties, and major donors.”

by Future U/ May 11, 2025/ Public Higher Ed/

"(funding) cuts don’t follow typical investigative process, and sometimes lack clear explanations and legal justifications."

by Future U/ April 18, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

"The current Republican embrace of xenophobic anti-intellectualism is bad for America."

by Future U/ April 1, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/