Thread by @LarryGlickman

This column blithely ignores what is happening at Liberty University, where Jerry Falwell, Jr., took over the student newspaper, and also the examples of many universities driven by the “free enterprise” ideology of donors in hires. /1

https://twitter.com/nytopinion/status/1157475372096806917

As Christopher Lasch observed way back in 1990, “ it is corporate control, not academic radicalism, that has ‘corrupted higher education.’” /2

Believe it or not, there are bigger stories in higher education than the publication of yet another book about the tyranny of political correctness (interesting as it may be)./3

For example, the Governor of Alaska is destroying the public university system of that state for political gain. /4
nytimes.com/reuters/2019/0…

In South Carolina, Governor McMaster strong-armed the Trustees into appointing a president whom the faculty overwhelmingly rejected as being unqualified for the job and whom many students voiced objection to as well. /5

At George Mason, rich donors were given an inappropriate role in faculty hiring, selecting those that suited their (non left wing) ideology./6
insidehighered.com/news/2018/05/0…

Here’s an example of a Koch brothers funded prof at Troy University talking about “taking over” the curriculum. /7
insidehighered.com/news/2016/07/1…

Business is the largest major in the country. Why not investigate the degree of “”muscular exchange of honest views” in that field, which tends to lean toward free market views./8
nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/disp…