Category: Higher Education
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Koch foundation sought control at FSU: Teach our curriculum, get millions
By David Levinthal Center for Public Integrity In 2007, when the Charles Koch Foundation considered giving millions of dollars to Florida State University’s economics department, the offer came with strings attached.
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Inside the Koch brothers’ campus crusade; Billionaire industrialists investing in students
By Dave Levinthal Center for Public Integrity Billionaire industrialists David and Charles Koch may rank among the nation’s biggest bankrollers of conservative causes and Republican campaign vehicles. But Koch proselytizing of government deregulation and pro-business civics is increasingly targeted not just at creatures of Capitol Hill, or couch sitters in swing states, but at the…
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Breaking away: Top public universities push for ‘autonomy’ from states
By Marian Wang ProPublica The chancellor of Oregon’s higher-education system currently oversees all seven of the state’s public colleges and universities. But as of July next year, she’ll be chancellor of four. The schools aren’t closing. Rather, Oregon’s three largest state schools are in the process of breaking away from the rest of the public…
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Course load: The growing burden of college fees
By Marian Wang ProPublica At the University of California Santa Cruz, where tuition runs to nearly $35,000 for non-residents, students every year pay more than 30 additional fees — including a small charge for what’s billed as “free” HIV testing. Students at Oklahoma State University pay a handsome sum to attend one of the state’s…