Tag: cold_war

Today’s book, The Lost Soul of Higher Education by Ellen Schrecker, posits that outside interests are leading an idealogical assault on academic freedom. From corporate influence on material taught, distribution of funds, and using the current economic state to scare initiatives into action or inaction, the author compares the intrusion of outside interests on campuses across the US to the obstacles faced during the McCarthy era – and she would know, she’s a Cold War scholar.

So pick it up and see what you think. It should be of interest to anyone working, attending, or paying for higher education.