Academia's new identity: Political andcorporate agendae and the reduction of scholar to puppet

This chapter examines the current state of government and corporate funding inmodern academic environments. Conceptually, the existence of funding sources asproviding the backbone for productive and efficient academic research programs isperceived as logical and necessary. Indeed, it has been traditionally assumed that all suchsupport is offered within the context of academic freedom. Throughout the chapter, wediscuss how subtly identified …