Billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch have ratcheted up their higher-education giving in recent years to evangelize their free-market political agenda, according to a detailed review by the Center for Public Integrity. Two foundations led by Charles Koch donated more than $19.3 million to 210 colleges and universities across the country in 2013, up from $12.7 million in 2012 and “exponentially higher” than a decade ago, the center writes.
Unlike other politically active higher-ed donors, the Kochs focus their giving on a single discipline, financing courses and studies that reflect their economic philosophy. In some cases the foundations have sought academic influence, contact information for students participating in Koch-funded classes and activities, and prior approval of schools’ media contacts regarding such programs, according to the center.
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