MAGAcademy: How Corporatism Paved the Way for the Hostile Takeover of Higher Ed

MAGAcademy: How Corporatism Paved the Way for the Hostile Takeover of Higher Ed - Paperback

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MAGAcademy: How Corporatism Paved the Way for the Hostile Takeover of Higher Ed

MAGAcademy: How Corporatism Paved the Way for the Hostile Takeover of Higher Ed - Paperback

by Nolan Higdon
$26.98
Sale price  $26.98 Regular price 

Book Overview

In this searing indictment, Dr. Nolan Higdon uses deep research and personal narrative to reveal how forty years of corporatism hollowed out higher education. Transcending partisan talking points, Higdon delivers a dramatic takedown of both Republicans and Democrats, arguing that neoliberal institutions-where "student success" replaced actual learning and social justice rhetoric shielded managerial control-provided the infrastructure for the MAGAcademy. As a state-sanctioned model, the MAGAcademy lets markets, not scholars, dictate what is considered valuable knowledge. It weaponizes federal funding to enforce a conservative agenda, replacing critical inquiry with patriotic education and surveillance. Featuring a Foreword by Henry Giroux, Higdon offers a radical roadmap to reclaim the "Civic University" and save the American mind from corporate capture.

ISBN9798218923174
Author Nolan Higdon
PublisherThird Rail Communications
GenreNews & politics and Education
FormatPaperback
PublishedMarch 2026
LanguageENG- English
Pages212
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Nolan Higdon

With decades of experience in critical media literacy, the authors include AVRAM ANDERSON, electronic resources management specialist in the University Library at California State University, Northridge; NICHOLAS BAHAM III, professor and chair of Ethnic Studies at California State University East Bay; BEN BOYINGTON, high school English teacher and media educator; ALLISON BUTLER, director of the Media Literacy Certificate Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst; NOLAN HIGDON, professor of history and media studies, and author of The Anatomy of Fake News; KATE HORGAN, an undergraduate studying Communication and Psychology in the Commonwealth Honors College at University of Massachusetts Amherst; MICKEY HUFF, director of Project Censored, a media watchdog that promotes independent journalism, critical media literacy, and freedom of expression; REINA ROBINSON, founder of the Center for Urban Excellence, a non-profit that fosters resilience in system-involved youth; ANDY LEE ROTH, a sociologist who coordinates Project Censored's national network of students researching important but underreported news stories; and MARIA CECILIA SOTO, an undergraduate studying Applied Linguistics and Teaching English as a Second Language at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Cover art and illustrations by PETER GLANTING, a Portland-based artist and designer.

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