Toward a Praxis of the UnKoch: Communication and Western Knowledge. Wicked Problems Forum: Undue Donor Influence in Higher Education

Autor/in	Towns, Armond R.
Titel	Toward a Praxis of the UnKoch: Communication and Western Knowledge. Wicked Problems Forum: Undue Donor Influence in Higher Education
Quelle	In: Communication Education, 69 (2020) 3, S.373-383 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0363-4523
DOI	10.1080/03634523.2020.1767296
Schlagwörter	Educational Finance; Influences; Political Attitudes; Donors; Higher Education; Critical Theory; Communication (Thought Transfer); National Organizations; Nonprofit Organizations; Activism; Conservation (Environment); Racial Bias; Power Structure; Private Financial Support; Florida; Massachusetts (Boston); Massachusetts (Cambridge) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsfonds; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Kritische Theorie; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Nonprofit-Organisation; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Private Investition
Abstract	In the past five years there has been an increase in online news stories, all asking a somewhat similar question that can be paraphrased as, "Why are billionaires funding colleges and universities?" On its surface, the question appears harmless: billionaires presumably receive nothing by giving their money to institutions of higher education, other than the chance to spread knowledge and prosperity beyond themselves. But digging a little deeper tells a different story. The billionaire donations function to "buy" things in higher education that arguably should not be for sale: such as an ability to influence knowledge production in their own image, or an ability to influence university policies on hiring faculty and staff that mirror their own political and economic positions, among other things. The above questions have been aimed not only at some of the most prominent higher education institutions throughout the U.S., but also at billionaires like Charles and David Koch (the Koch brothers). This essay provides a critical examination of capitalism as one of the foundations of higher education in the U.S. From billionaire donors, to boards of trustees, to unsustainable student debt, higher education starts to look less like a knowledge bastion, and more like a corporation. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01