Last year, Michigan State University hosted a conference on “Neoliberalism in Public Higher Education.” I was supposed to present a paper at the conference, but because I became ill will some sort of virus, John McNay was kind enough to present the paper for me.
The conference has created a sense of shared purpose among those involved, and the most tangible manifestation of that commitment is a new website called FutureU that is worth following [http://futureu.education/].
What follows is a list of posts listed on the first page of the blog that is the centerpiece of the site:
Neoliberalism comes to higher education
by Frank Fear Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University Dearest Dorothy, Who Would Have Ever Thought?!* (*From Charlene Baumbich’s book of …
by msuspartan/ September 6, 2015/ Articles, Public Higher Ed
Neoliberalism & public higher education
By Rubén Martinez, Janice Beecher & Stephen Gasteyer At least since the 1980s, as with other social institutions, public higher …
by msuspartan/ August 11, 2015/ Articles, Public Higher Ed
Weatherford Hall at Oregon State University
NEWS BRIEF: All is not well in Oregon’s brandyland
Jack Stripling recently wrote an article for The Chronicle of Higher Education called “An Academic Reputation at Risk: The U. …
by msuspartan/ September 24, 2015/ Public Higher Ed
NEWS BRIEFS: Japan moves to stop universities from teaching social science and humanities
The British publication Times Higher Education reports that Education Minister Hakuban Shimomura recently sent a letter to all 86 of …
by msuspartan/ September 16, 2015/ News Briefs
NEWS BRIEF: WashPo follows the money in college football
Do universities have football teams or do football teams have unversities? Washington Post reviewer Carlos Lozada argues that even diehard …
by msuspartan/ August 22, 2015/ News Briefs
News Brief: NYT op-ed says “Stop Universities from Hoarding Cash”
Victor Fleischer, a professor of law at the University of San Diego, questions why universities do not use the proceeds …
by msuspartan/ August 20, 2015/ News Briefs
News Brief: Student debt on The Diane Rehm Show
On her show on National Public Radio, Diane Rehm tackled the issue of college debt and what the presidential candidates …
by msuspartan/ August 17, 2015/ News Briefs
NEWS BRIEF: Deresiewicz in Harper’s on The Neoliberal Arts
The subtitle to William Deresiewicz’ August cover story is “how college sold its soul to the market.” (Click here to …
by msuspartan/ August 17, 2015/ News Briefs
NEWS BRIEF: Gill’s “hidden injuries of neoliberal academia”
Professor Rosalind Gill of Kings College London explores how the pressures of the neoliberal university often leave faculty dealing with …
by msuspartan/ August 10, 2015/ News Briefs
NEWS BRIEF: Delbanco’s “outrageous reality”
In the New York Review of Books, Andrew Delbanco argues that the historical story of expanding opportunities through higher education …
Reblogged this on Ohio Higher Ed.
The comments following the Deresiewicz’ piece are worth reading – especially given Professor Kich’s excited, ” we’re-feeling-a-shared-purpose” paean to the FutureU blog.