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Chomsky: Public Education Under Massive Corporate Assault — What's Next?

Noam Chomsky, AlterNet. August 5, 2011.

Converting schools and universities into facilities that produce commodities for the job market, privatizing them, slashing their budgets — do we really want this future?

As Student Credit Card Debt Rises, Banks Quietly Reward Schools

Ben Protess, Jeannette Neumann, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund. June 8, 2010.

Colleges make millions selling access and addresses to Bank of America.

Higher Education Gone Wrong: Universities Are Turning into Corporate Drone Factories

Chris Hedges, Truthdig. March 28, 2009.

Unless we take hold of the reins we will be cursed with a more ruthless form of corporate power wielded through naked repression.

Wyeth Funded Med School Course Promoting Risky Drugs

Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica. February 23, 2009.

Drug companies are funneling money through universities for advertising and trying to disguise it as education.