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Lindsay Weinberg, "Smart University: Student Surveillance in the Digital Age" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2024)

New Books in Science, Technology, and Society

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The Corporate Influence on Academic Freedom and Control

This chapter explores the growing impact of third-party educational technology vendors and textbook publishers on higher education, raising concerns about academic freedom and control. It highlights the correlation between this trend and the decline of tenure-track faculty, emphasizing the risks posed by corporate interests to educational integrity.

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