Built with the blood money of a robber baron Leland Stanford. Home of the (Herbert) Hoover Institution. With scholars like Thomas Sowell, Edwin Meese, Condoleeza Rice, and Shelby Steele, and alumni like Elizabeth Holmes, Mark Zuckerberg, and Carly Fiorina, and Gretchen Carlson. So is working at Stanford like living in one fascism or two?
https://www.highereducationinquirer.org/2022/02/one-fascism-or-two-reemergence-of.html
US Civil War II: a battle between the Christian Right and the Neoliberals
Republicans likely to win House and possibly Senate in November
Christian Right using the Hungary (Orban) playbook
Big Bank Biden perceived as weak-very weak for 2024
Russia-Iran-Venezuala-Cuba-Syria aligning as Russia holds parts of Ukraine.
China aligning throughout Africa and tensions are heating with the US over Taiwan
India neutral--with ties to Russia.
Brazil becoming more authoritarian
*Role of Corporate Power in Higher Education (e.g. Boards, Endowments, Contracts)
*Role of Elite Families in Higher Education (e.g. Walton Family Foundation, Koch Brothers)
*Tax Avoidance by Elite Schools to Rob Public Coffers
*Colleges Colluding to Limit Financial Aid
*Role of Higher Education in Educating Reactionary Judges and Politicians
*End of Affirmative Action for African Americans but Continued Use of Legacies
*Expenditure of Elite Endowment Funds to Fund Anti-Democratic Organizations
*Role of US Universities in Supporting Human Rights Violators (e.g. Russia, People's Republic of China)
*Role of US Universities in Undermining Foreign Efforts in Democratization
*Use of "Credentials" as a Legal Form of Discrimination
*Student Loan Peonage, Declining Social Mobility, and the "Educated Underclass"
https://www.highereducationinquirer.org/2022/02/one-fascism-or-two-reemergence-of.html