Shifting Political Terrain

Fred Block | Research professor at U.C. Davis New Research Spotlights Political Donation Changes Our colleagues at the Scholars Strategy Network have launched a major research project that focuses on changes in the role of donors in both the Republican and the...

Repression of Academics

Fred Block | Research professor of sociology at U.C. Davis Turkish Government Attacks Academics Supporting Peace The government in Turkey has launched a campaign of repression against academics who signed a petition in support of a peace in the Kurdish regions of that...

First Phase Complete

Fred Block | Research professor of sociology at U.C. Davis First Phase of 2016-2017 Fellowship Application Process Complete! We are very pleased that more than 350 students have applied for the Center for Engaged Scholarship dissertation fellowship.   That is many...

Koch Brothers Tilt Faculty Hiring

Fred Block | Research professor of sociology at U.C. Davis Koch Brothers Attempt to Tilt Faculty Hiring Charles and David Koch have been especially active in using their billions to advance their market fundamentalist agenda at public universities. The Center for...

Koch Brothers’ Higher Education Campaign

Dave Levinthal | Reporting for the Center for Public Integrity Dave Levinthal documents the continuing efforts of Charles and David Koch to establish enclaves of market fundamentalism in U.S. colleges and universities. Koch Brothers & Higher Education Changes The...

John Hope Franklin

Drew Faust | President, Harvard University John Hope Franklin: Race and the Meaning of America Over a very long career, John Hope Franklin was an exemplary engaged scholar; he used the historian’s craft to challenge and overturn readings of U.S. history that denied or...

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