The Violation and Capitulation of Higher Education

The Violation and Capitulation of Higher Education

From The Project Censored Show by Project Censored

April 27, 2026

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges facing higher education, including the war on sociology and the corporatization of academia.

First up, Eleanor Goldfield sits down with Zachary Levenson to talk about the war on sociology and what happens when the academic governing body deems all existing sociology textbooks illegal to teach in the state of Florida. Zach highlights the purposefully vague verbiage of new policies, the anti-intellectualism fueling them, and why educators must never self-censor or comply in advance. Next up, cohost Mickey Huff sits down with Nolan Higdon to talk about his latest book, MAGAcademy, on how corporatism paved the way for the hostile takeover of Higher Ed. Nolan discusses the neoliberalization of academia, the purposeful devaluing of professors, and the treatment of students as customers that all predate the current attacks on higher ed. Nolan also warns of the dangers of compliance in advance and the smooth rhetoric of corporate takeovers wrapped in social justice ideologies. The post The Violation and Capitulation of Higher Education appeared first on Project Censored.

People in this episode

Hosts: Eleanor Goldfield, Mickey Huff

Guests: Zachary Levenson, Nolan Higdon

Topics covered

  • higher education
  • sociology
  • neoliberalism
  • anti-intellectualism
  • corporatism
  • academic freedom

Keywords

  • higher education
  • sociology
  • anti-intellectualism
  • neoliberalism
  • corporatism
  • academic freedom
  • MAGAcademy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Florida

Books & works: MAGAcademy

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