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COMMENTARY BY ADRIAN LENARDIC: “Absurdities, Ironies, Hyper-Production and Artificial Bogeymen”

An expanded version of Letter to the Editor published in Nature.
by Adrian Lenardic/ July 18, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: How Conservative Undergraduates Benefit From Being in Generally Non-Conservative Collegiate Environments

"Conservative students experience what higher education has long claimed to offer."
by Future U/ July 11, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Significant Impact One Year After SCOTUS Ruling on Race-Conscious Admissions

Chief Justice Roberts" "What can't be done directly can't be done indirectly” (i.e., workarounds could run afoul of the law).
by Future U/ July 10, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: “Men Wanted” as Women Outnumber Men at Michigan’s Public Universities

'Mirroring a national trend, in Michigan 69% of women/56% of men enroll in college within a year of graduating high …
by Future U/ July 5, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Conservative Attack of Higher Education is Nothing New

"What’s one word you would use to describe conservatives’ relationship with higher education today? 'Antagonistic.'"
by Future U/ July 3, 2024/ Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Faculty Criticisms Aired in Public, Limits of Faculty Speech?

"Do we allow faculty to invite external interference and encourage student misconduct without consequence?"
by Future U/ June 27, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Protecting the Freedom to Teach and Do Research”

There is a difference between political rhetoric and legitimate academic judgment.
by Future U/ June 26, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Academic Freedom (can turn) into a Tool for Promoting Specific Ideologies”

"What credible license does a professor have? None, unless that is tied to something else--professional duty."
by Future U/ June 25, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

FUTUREU VIDEO: Faculty Perspectives on Campus Protests

Features Jennifer Ruth, Bethany Letiecq, and Noëlle McAfee. Hosted by Rubén O. Martinez. Produced by Frank A. Fear.
by Future U/ June 24, 2024/ FutureU Forum, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Podcast, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Data Reveal Two Dimensions Regarding the Status of Adult Americans with “Some College But No Degree”

"Primarily-online institutions are increasingly popular choices for returning students, according to the report."
by Future U/ June 6, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Professors Using the Classroom for “Leftist Indoctrination?”

"What we are is scholarly geeks. There were politics at my university. But honestly, what I cared about is history."
by Future U/ June 3, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Rep. Talib Speaks Out About U.S. House Hearings on Campus Protests and Anti-Semitism

"Tlaib, joined by fellow Democratic lawmakers and university union leaders, called the House Committee hearing disingenuous."
by Future U/ May 26, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society, Video/

NEWS BRIEFS: University Leaders Push Back in Hearing With U.S. House Representatives

Northwestern's Schill: “I’m offended by you (Utah Rep. Burgess Owens) telling me what my views are.”
by Future U/ May 23, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Campus Protests, Now Lawsuits

FIRE's Zach Greenberg: "(With) the hardline approach so many universities took toward protesters, expect to see more litigation."
by Future U/ May 21, 2024/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The “New McCarthyism” and the Cost of Speaking Out

“There is a McCarthyite campaign to silence the Palestinian voice in all American universities, large and small."
by Future U/ May 19, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/
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