In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities by Davarian L. Baldwin

In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities

Davarian L. Baldwin

272 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction education politics sociology reflective medium-paced
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In cities large and small across America, universities have become the dominant companies -- and our cities their company towns. But there is a cost to those who live in their shadow.Urban universities play an outsized role in America's cities. Th...

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