I am a Professor of English Education in the Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education at The University of Oklahoma. I recently completed a book entitled PRIVATIZATION OF AMERICA'S PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS: THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN SELLOUT, published by Peter Lang in summer 2019. I spent two years gathering research and writing and I think the findings are unbelievable.
AMERICAN SELLOUT elucidates a shift in political sentiment over the past few decades--from an embrace of the ideals of American democracy and a belief in the the common good--to a predilection for power and profit at all costs. The book examines how the formerly public sectors of the military, corrections (prisons), k-12 schools, and higher education have become profit-centers for a select few, while retreating from their missions to serve the public.
AMERICAN SELLOUT elucidates a shift in political sentiment over the past few decades--from an embrace of the ideals of American democracy and a belief in the the common good--to a predilection for power and profit at all costs. The book examines how the formerly public sectors of the military, corrections (prisons), k-12 schools, and higher education have become profit-centers for a select few, while retreating from their missions to serve the public.