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<p>award-winning Writer Lawrence Soley Gives Details On Campuses Nationwide, Including Columbia, Yale, Harvard, Mit, Michigan State, Johns Hopkins, University Of Arizona, Catholic University, Brigham Young, And University Of California. Impassioned, Outraged, And Meticulously Documented, Leasing The Ivory Tower Exposes The Growing Corporate Threats To The Future Of Intellectual Inquiry And Civil Society Itself.</p> <h3>publishers Weekly</h3> <p>house Speaker Newt Gingrich's Course ``renewing American Civilization'' At A Georgia College, Funded With Republican Pac Money And Tax-deductible Corporate Contributions, Was Only The Most Visible Instance Of The Epidemic Political And Corporate Corruption Of Higher Education, Contends Media Critic And Investigative Reporter Soley. He Takes A Critical Look At Industry-driven University Research Programs, Corporate Conflicts Of Interest Among Academic ``expert Witnesses,'' Right-wing Think Tanks On University Campuses And Expansion Of Business And Applied-research Programs That Attract Corporate Money At The Expense Of The Liberal Arts. His Case Would Be Stronger If He Did Not Also Attack Many Basic Aspects Of University Administration Withou

Author

Lawrence C. Soley

Publisher

South End Press, 116 Saint Botolph Street, Boston, MA 02115 (paperback: ISBN-0-89608-503-1, $13; cloth: ISBN-0-89608-504-X, $40)

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9780896085039

Subjects

Education