George Mason University students, faculty and alumni protested the opening of GMU's Antonin Scalia Law School. See ABC; Washington Post; ARL Now, and Thom Hartmann's interivew (RT).
The corrosive influence of money in U.S. politics is a well known problem that crosses the vast partisan divide we currently face. Education and higher education specifically have followed this trend, as companies and wealthy executives see opportunities to leverage a school's financial needs with their personal ideologies and business preferences.
Nobody has field tested this pernicious influence as doggedly as Charles Koch, CEO of Koch Industries.
Recordings and documents from the Charles Koch Foundation and its network of professors shows how Koch's academic programming is political rather than educational, "leveraging science and universities" for political gain.
Koch Industries and their network of wealthy donors use an "integrated strategy," called the Structure of Social Change that uses targeted funding of universities, think tanks, and political groups for the "implementation of policy change."
Koch's network, many of whom make up the Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, have been using this integrated strategy for decades, and their spending is accelerating. Read more about Koch's politically driven academics.
READ FINK'S GRAND STRATEGY
In their OWN WORDS:
"The Structure of Social Change"
KOCH'S "INTEGRATED STRATEGY" USES UNIVERSITIES, THINK TANKS, AND POLITICAL SPENDING FOR
THE "IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICY CHANGE"
BY RICHARD FINK, FORMER VP of Koch Industries and President of the Charles Koch Foundation
READ. DARK. MONEY.
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Eleanor Bader on the students & faculty fighting to save higher ed across the U.S.
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HEAR LEAKED AUDIO EXPOSING ACADEMIC CORRUPTION
WITHIN THE KOCH FOUNDATION'S NETWORK OF ACADEMICS:
ASSOCIATION OF PRIVATE ENTERPRISE EDUCATION (APEE)
Jane Mayer's 2016 book, Dark Money, reveals a critical history of Koch's academic programs, and
the political machinery relying on them.
SEE KEY FINDINGS BY CONNOR GIBSON
PART 1: TO CHARLES KOCH, UNIVERSITIES ARE PROPAGANDA MACHINES
PART 2. TO CHARLES KOCH, PROFESSORS ARE LOBBYISTS
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For More Information:
READ The Center for Public Integrity's 2015 exposé on Koch higher ed funding!
Read our 2014 whitepaper on the state of the problem
Read expansive report on Koch's assault on academic freedom
Watch our 2014 video on the Koch academic pandemic
Read Alex Kotch's reports on our APEE 2016 recordings:
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“We should cease financing our own destruction and…[support] only those programs, departments or schools that “contribute in some way to our individual companies or to the general welfare of our free enterprise system.””