Ted Cruz: “A young scholar who advances an anti capitalist prison…”

“Mellon's funding has amplified a bleak trajectory for the academy. Today, a young person drawn to traditional fields like military history or Classics should think twice before entering the academy. A young scholar who advances an anti capitalist prison abolitionist agenda... can find abundant support, especially from the Mellon Foundation. Higher education reform will only succeed when this unfortunate trend is reversed. And this was written by Mr. Saylor, who's the director of the higher Higher Education Policy at the Manhattan Institute.” (22:07–22:22)

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