neoliberalism in higher education Archives

neoliberalism in higher education Archive

NEWS BRIEFS: Today’s Number in Higher Education is “673”

Montclair State (NJ) students held a mock funeral outside the university’s college of humanities and social sciences building.

by Future U/ April 3, 2026/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Purpose of a University? State System of Florida Doesn’t Know

FL State Representative Michele Rayner.“You're discouraging people from pursuing history, sociology, and political science.”

by Future U/ November 26, 2025/ Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

FUTUREU VIDEO: 10th Anniversary Video on Neoliberalism and Higher Education

'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/

FUTUREU FORUM: A Decade of Discussions on Neoliberalism and Higher Education

Higher education is under assault It must defend its values/practices if its autonomy and academic freedom are to survive.

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

PERSPECTIVES: Gee’s Ohio State Appointment is Raising Eyebrows, Why Would He?

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/

COMMENTARY by Adrian Lenardic: “In the Court of the Neo-U”

Overnight, the administration started referring to itself as Executive Leadership. The word ‘administration’ was struck from all messaging . Then, the …

by Adrian Lenardic/ October 25, 2024/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVE: Niche View of Higher Education Becomes a Broadbrush Critique

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

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

NEXT FUTUREU FORUM, Tuesday, May 14, with Professors Lyon-Callo and Shear

“Neoliberalism, Subjectivities, and Transformations in Education,” May 14, 2024, Noon-1:30p, Eastern Time The discussion explores the challenges confronting educators and young people …

by Future U/ May 14, 2024/ FutureU Forum, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Higher Education as a Business (As Seen Two Decades Ago)

"The university sector has modernized; but modernity comes with a price."

by Future U/ January 14, 2024/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

COMMENTARY: Academic Management Primer II: All BIS Are Equal, But Some Are More Equal Than Others

Notes from the front line of art-science crossover education and a follow-up to Academic Management Primer I.

by Adrian Lenardic and Anthony Covington/ December 31, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: “Following Market Trends is Not ‘Liberal’ in the Original Sense of the Word”

But following market trends is Neoliberalism--Neoliberalism in higher education.

by Future U/ October 25, 2023/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

COMMENTARY by J.W. Traphagan: Enterprise Software and the Ongoing Onslaught of the Business Model On Higher Education

"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/

COMMENTARY by Adrian Lenardic: “Innovation at University, Inc.”

"It is at least creepy to have all the problems humanity may face packaged as opportunities for entrepreneurship."

by Future U/ September 2, 2023/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

FUTUREU FORUM YOUTUBE: J.W. Traphagan on the Quantification of Quality in Higher Education

Taped on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, and hosted by Rubén Martinez with George Styles as discussant.

by Future U/ June 22, 2023/ FutureU Forum, Higher Ed, Society, Video/

COMMENTARY: “Lucky Hank” Fails to Dramatize Today’s Siege on Higher Education

"AMC's, Lucky Hank, is based on the novel Straight Man (1997), which was released during a different era of higher …

by Frank Fear/ June 7, 2023/ Film review, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/