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PERSPECTIVES: State of Texas Intensives Efforts To Align Public Higher Ed with a Conservative Vision

"One new law will give governor-appointed university regents more control over curriculum and hiring."

by Future U/ June 19, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Appeasing Authoritarianism ‘Is Never Really Going to Work’”

The political attacks are based "on the false narrative that our campuses as bastions of liberal progressivism.”

by Future U/ June 17, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

News Briefs: Political Shanaghans Abound in Higher Ed Funding Proposal Advanced by Michigan House of Representatives

"State Rep. Madodock (R-Milford) extolled the budget, making cuts to “woke” universities & giving money to “non-woke” universities."

by Future U/ June 13, 2025/ Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: University of Utah Eliminates History and Philosophy Majors

"Eliminating this major will reduce opportunities for students while producing no savings whatsoever."

by Future U/ May 20, 2025/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Survey Shows “Higher Ed is the Enemy” Theme Doesn’t Resonate with Most Americans

"Respondents also tend to disagree with Trump’s stance on initiatives that conservatives say fall under the DEI label."

by Future U/ May 18, 2025/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Congressional Republicans Seek to Increase Endowment Tax

Steven Bloom, ACE: “It is essentially bad policy.... Almost 50% of endowment spending is on financial aid."

by Future U/ May 17, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: After Just a Few Months with the New Regime in DC, and….

Zoe Sherman, until recently, was associate professor of economics at Merrimack College, writes about the circumstances in higher education: “Spring …

by Future U/ May 15, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: McMahon Letter to Harvard, “Politically Notivated, Not Only Against Harvard, But Higher Ed as a Whole”

"Secretary McMahon called the university a 'mockery' and vowed to cut off all federal grant funding."

by Future U/ May 10, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: What’s Happening in Two States to Control Public Higher Education in Their States

The Indiana governor seeks complete authority to appoint members to the Indiana University Board of Trustees.

by Future U/ May 9, 2025/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Trump’s Proposed Budget Slashes Funding for Higher Education

Mark Barker, APLU: The cuts "would decimate U.S. innovation, productivity, and national security.”

by Future U/ May 3, 2025/ Public Higher Ed/

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/

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