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Volume 16

A brain made from blue string with one strand tied around a roll of money, set against a yellow background

Faculty Coeditors
Michael Dreiling (University of Oregon) and Pedro García-Caro (University of Oregon)

Staff Editor
Kelly Hand

Editorial Assistant
Austin Rhea

The Journal of Academic Freedom is supported by funding from the AAUP Foundation. See the new call for papers.

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