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Podcast: New Books in Education
Episode: Koch Block My Campus: How Big Money Corrupts Academia
Description: Why is so much right-wing money being funnelled at such a furious pace into universities across the US? Libertarian-minded billionaires like the Kochs and their partners have funded scholars and think tanks across the US, and similar things go on in Canada too. The money shows us that the right spends it because they care about education, for their own ideological reasons - and universities are all too happy to sell out.For today’s episode on the politics of education, we look at how big money seeks to corrupt academic freedom and integrity - and how ca...