In this searing indictment, Dr. Nolan Higdon uses deep research and personal narrative to reveal how forty years of corporatism hollowed out higher education. Transcending partisan talking points, Higdon delivers a dramatic takedown of both Republicans and Democrats, arguing that neoliberal institutions-where "student success" replaced actual learning and social justice rhetoric shielded managerial control-provided the infrastructure for the MAGAcademy. As a state-sanctioned model, the MAGAcademy lets markets, not scholars, dictate what is considered valuable knowledge. It weaponizes federal funding to enforce a conservative agenda, replacing critical inquiry with patriotic education and surveillance. Featuring a Foreword by Henry Giroux, Higdon offers a radical roadmap to reclaim the "Civic University" and save the American mind from corporate capture.
