Faculty Coeditors
Michael Dreiling (University of Oregon) and Pedro García-Caro (University of Oregon)
Staff Editor
Kelly Hand
Editorial Assistant
Austin Rhea
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Table of Contents
Editors' Introduction: Philanthropy, Public Funding, and the Future of Academic Freedom
By Michael Dreiling and Pedro García-Caro
Was Neoliberalism Compatible with Academic Freedom?
Shaping Public Sentiments About Higher Education in an Era of Philanthropic Dependency
By Natasha N. Johnson and Thaddeus L. Johnson
Neoliberal Philanthropy and Academic Freedom
By Rubén Martinez
The Responsible Use of Academic Freedom in an Age of Polarization
By Aaron Ansell
Donor-Influence Campaigns
From Direct to Diffuse Donor Influence: Charles Koch Foundation Funding in Higher Education, 1990–2024
By Isaac Kamola, Aaron Supple, and Ralph Wilson
UnKoch My Philosophy Department: A Case Study in Billionaire Philanthropy
By Mich Ciurria
Faculty Governance and the Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest in Private University Donations
By Jarvis Tyrell Curry
Proselytizing Speech: Florida’s Publicly Funded Conservative Centers
By Katie Rainwater and Robert Cassanello
Whitewashing Knowledge
Black Institutions, White Interests: The Dilemma of HBCUs, Academic Freedom, and Philanthropic Capture
By J. R. Caldwell Jr.
The Blueprint for Silencing Dissent in US Higher Education
By Fatemeh Almasarweh
The Double Standards of Financial Activism: Academic Freedom, Philanthropy, and BDS in Higher Education
By Noah D. Drezner
Tensions and Schisms Between the Private and the Common Good
Philanthropy, Class, and Cultural Hegemony in Music Education
By Drew X. Coles and Adara Hoyne
Conspicuously Exercising Academic Freedom as a Response to Incremental Threats
By Michael Davis
Navigating Fiscal Precarity and the Erosion of Academic Freedom in an Era of Resource Dependence in Africa: A Zambian Perspective
By Sibeso Lisulo
The State as Donor: How Indiana Uses SEA 202 and HEA 1001 to Reshape Academic Freedom and Faculty Governance
By Carlos R. Morales