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What's wrong with secret donor agreements like the ones George Mason University inked with the Kochs

  • Written by Alexa Capeloto, Associate Professor of Journalism, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Students and faculty members have protested arrangements GMU made with donors.AP Photo/Matt Barakat

George Mason University President Ángel Cabrera acknowledged this month that his school gave the Charles Koch Foundation “some influence” over hiring and evaluating faculty as it accepted millions of dollars for its free-market...

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