Amy and Juan are joined by Lawrence C. Soley to discuss the growing corporate involvement with Universities. Soley believes that many Universities are quietly being taken over by corporations.
He makes the claim that corporations are paying for access to Universities to do marketing research. Soley blames corporations in part for the rising costs of tuition.
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- Lawrence C. Soley–Author of Leasing the Ivory Tower
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In a Senate hearing today, Pentagon officials claimed President Obama and future presidents have the power to send troops anywhere in the world to fight groups linked to al-Qaeda, based in part on the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), passed by Congress days after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. [includes rush transcript]
