Who killed higher education? : maintaining white dominance in a desegregation era /

"Who Killed Higher Education?: Maintaining White Dominance in a Desegregation Era offers a probing and unvarnished look at the causes of the progressive state defunding of public higher education over the last seven decades. With the pandemic and cuts to social services, these challenges have o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chun, Edna Breinig, Feagin, Joe R. (Author)
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: New York: Routledge, 2022.
Subjects:
Higher education and state > United States.
Education, Higher > Political aspects > United States.
Minorities in higher education > United States.
Democracy and education > United States.
Capitalism and education > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • The link between higher education and democracy : a long history
  • Neoliberalism as a dominant and destructive discourse : diminishing state support for public education
  • Political-economic stealth agendas : the Koch Brothers and their allies
  • Political-economic stealth agendas : Edward Blum and Robert Mercer
  • The perils of academic capitalism for public higher education
  • The pandemic and beyond : implications for higher education's future
  • Moving forward : recommendations for change.

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