Stamford Is a Very Different Model of Higher Education

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Stamford University has a very liberal policy in terms of faculty moving back and forth between industry and university. Students are working by day at a electronic firm and then going to grad school at night, making it really attractive for students that didn't come into this game with money but have smart engineering skills. This is not the way universities do these things, but it's a really important distinction. And i think it's really important because so many places around the country and around the world subsequently tried to do what silikan valley did and used a university as an anchor.

Paris Marx is joined by Margaret O’Mara to discuss how the state and military have been at the center of the US tech industry since the very beginning, but how it was written out of the popular narrative during the neoliberal turn in the 1980s.

Margaret O’Mara is the author of “The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America” and a professor at the University of Washington. Follow Margaret on Twitter as @margaretomara.

Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.

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